318 Approaching Watts Junction

Metropolitan Coach Lines no. 318 is inbound from Bellflower and coming into Watts junction on the only double-track section of the line. Taken Friday, May 23, 1958, the last weekday for the Bellflower line to operate. Dark smoke in the background resulted from the long-lasting Hancock Oil refinery fire at Signal Hill.

Stephen Dudley Photo, Stephen Dudley Collection