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5118 Idle During the Strike

October 29, 2011

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) car no. 5118 sits idle on a crowded platform at the 6th & Main Street Station. The image is dated January 15, 1958.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

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  1. I forgot to mention that they were idle because of one of he longest Transit Strikes

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