LARY 3060 in Affluent Hancock Park
By Ralph Cantos This 1938 photo from an General Electric advertisement shows Los Angeles Railway car no. 3060 on W. 3rd Street at Windsor Blvd. in LA’s “well-to-do” Hancock [...]
LARY 3011: High Society PCC
By Ralph Cantos Near-new Los Angeles Railway PCC no. 3011 swings off of Larchmont Boulevard onto West 3rd Street in this 1939 photo. LARY was very proud of their new PCCs. LARY got the 4th order [...]
Los Angeles Railway No. 3016: When Patriotism Rode the Rails
By Ralph Cantos This very rare color photo of Los Angeles Railway PCC no. 3016 was taken in 1943 on West 6th Street near Westmoreland Avenue. The 3016 is eastbound on the rails of the 3 Line. [...]
LATL 3029 at 6th & Rampart, 1947: The “Rails to Rubber Revolution” is about to begin
By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC no. 3029 is seen here working the 3 Line, stopped at 6th & Rampart Blvd. in the Spring of 1947. Trolley Bus overhead is up and bus stop signs [...]
Los Angeles Railway Cars in “Shopworn” (1932)
From David Thompson comes this tip on LARy cars seen in a vintage movie on YouTube: The 1932 Barbara Stanwyck movie “Shopworn” has a couple brief scenes of LA Railway cars. At about [...]
9117 and 146 at the Division 1 Barn
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority wrecker no. 146 pushes an LAMTA trolley bus into the Division 1 Barn. No. 9117 from the 3 Line rests in the next stall. The date is March 30, [...]
9117 at the Division 1 Barn
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority 3 Line trolley bus no. 9117 awaits dispatch in this image captured on March 30, 1963. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
9003 at 7th and Central
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority trolley bus no. 9003 moves through the intersection of 7th Street and Central in this 3 Line image from February 15, 1963. Alan Weeks [...]
9017 Just off Central Avenue
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority trolley bus no. 9017 navigates around a 1956 Cadillac as part of 3 Line Service (“W. Third to Fairfax”). The image dates to March [...]
9104 at 6th and Gladys
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority trolley bus no. 9104 pauses for passengers at the intersection of 6th and Gladys just east of downtown in this 3 Line image captured on March 26, [...]
