5028 From the Darkness

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Pacific Electric PCC Limited streetcar no. 5028 traverses the darkness in the Subway Terminal tunnel.

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5026 to Subway Terminal

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Pacific Electric PCC streetcar no. 5026 is about to leave daylight as it enters the tunnel to the Subway Terminal Building in downtown Los Angeles.

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Just After Dawn

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Pacific Electric equipment is stacked up in overnight storage awaiting the morning rush on the Western Division.

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Observation Tower

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A view of the observation tower on Jefferson Blvd.

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749 in North Hollywood

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Pacific Electric streetcar no. 749 heads south from North Sherman Way near Van Nuys Blvd. to its ultimate destination, the Subway Terminal Building in Los Angeles.

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5155 in the Pass

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Pacific Electric streetcar no. 5155 head south through the Cahuenga Pass on the way to the Subway Terminal Building.

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Donald Duke Collection

166 For Employees Only

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Pacific Electric streetcar no. 166 bears an interesting side-mounted destination sign reading “Employees Only.”

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Before the Rush

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Four Pacific Electric streetcars (led by no. 743) sit lined up and waiting for dispatch on the Van Nuys line to North Hollywood, Universal City and the Subway Terminal building downtown.

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5149 in Van Nuys

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Pacific Electric streetcar no. 5149 on the Van Nuys Line negotiates traffic. The destination sign reads “North Hollywood / Universal City / Subway Terminal.”

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866 to Universal City

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Pacific Electric interurban no. 866 with hand-lettered destination sign reading “Universal City / Los Nogales ONLY” negotiates the muddy and flooded Cahuenga Blvd.right-of-way as police look on. The date is March 1938.

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