758 at El Molino Station

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  Tom A. April 16, 2012

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  A few months ago my dad recalled how he would accompany his mother to the semi-open-air market on Huntington a short distance from where they and my grandfather lived (the house in which I now live), but he couldn’t remember the name of it. I showed this picture to him and he instantly recognized the name Market Basket, and could recall a fair bit of detail about the store (though he only remembers riding the Red Car on one occasion, with his grandparents from Granada Avenue to Rosemead Boulevard and back; he was just shy of five-years-old at the time of abandonment.)

  The building (and many of the others in the background) are still standing; the Market Basket is currently a OneWest Bank branch.
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  Bob Davis April 18, 2012

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  And PE 758 reportedly still exists in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It survived by being converted into a line car, and is now said to be preserved by a local railway enthusiast group. It was part of the PE “Hollywood” cars (732-759) that were never rebuilt into 5050’s but were used mostly on the Monrovia-Glendora line after the 1100’s were sold to Argentina.

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