Los Angeles Transit Historical Photos

The quality of those images is excellent!  Thanks for sharing them!  I love trolleys!

Those are great. I recognize a few of the locations. I can remember actually seeing LARy street cars on a couple of them as they ran until 1963 (I was seven, then.) Some of the areas haven't changed that much in 50 years.

And here’s more including some PCC’s: Los Angeles Railway

Bill

More LARY streetcar photos and LATL  streetcar photos.

Wonderful photos!  Thank you for sharing.

The second from last photo shows some of the dual gauge track. The LA Transit was narrow gauge and the Pacific Electric was standard gauge.

So here is the challenge... go to the place you recognize and shoot from the same location and as close to the same angle and perspective.  It would be neat to see.

And now all we have is freeways full of ugly automobiles.  What a tragedy.

I know the streetcars are coming back slowly - too bad we did not preserve more of these beauties.

Yes, terrific photos! I like trolleys and streetcars, too. And trams.

For those interested in Los Angeles streetcars you will find this document very interesting.  Its titled Types of Passenger Cars and was prepared by the Los Angeles Railway Corporation Engineering Department in 1945. The book includes summaries of the key features and drawings with dimensions. A real find!

In my HO days my layout was a So Cal based layout. I love the look of the region 1940-60. I grew up there 1960-70. My move east and into O scale I moved the layout east too.....but love that So Cal look.....THX

Great photos. In addition to the trolleys I also enjoy looking b@ the old cars on the road.

Thank you Bill Robb for the link to the Los Angeles streetcars. While looking through it I saw something familiar. Our family bought a house that was made during the war. Do to a shortage of materials garages were not built but the foundations and slabs were. After the war (late 40's) my dad built a garage. Somewhere in LA he found where they were scrapping trolleys and he purchased several folding trolley doors. He then hinged them together and made a folding garage door. That house was later purchased and the property is now part of the LAX airport.

And here are a couple taken by yours truly.

Lew Schneider