 During World War II, the LARy replaced the mission bell tower in its logo with the slogan " Dedicated to Victory." The Los Angeles Railway (LARy) was a system of streetcars that operated in Los Angeles from 1901 to 1963 on 3-foot, 6-inch (narrow gauge) tracks. The system was informally known as the "Yellow Cars," similar to the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Cars," which currently are much better known. However, the Yellow Cars always carried many more passengers than the Red Cars, since the system was located in densely populated central Los Angeles and immediate surrounding neighborhoods. Image File history File links LARy_logo. ...
Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ...
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1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ...
Ft is an abbreviation that may refer to the following: The foot, a unit of length, see foot (unit of length) The Hungarian Forint A fort, especially when used as a placename, for example Ft. ...
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Nickname: City of Angels Motto: Official website: http://www. ...
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Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...
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This article is about the largest city in California. ...
Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ...
The Pacific Electric Railway (AAR reporting mark PE), also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail and buses. ...
The system was purchased by railroad and real estate tycoon Henry Huntington in 1911, after he was bought out from the Pacific Electric Railway, which he had established. At its most robust size, the system contained over 20 streetcar lines and 1,250 trolleys, most running through the core of Los Angeles and serving such nearby neighborhoods as Echo Park, Westlake, Hancock Park, Exposition Park, West Adams, the Crenshaw district, Vernon, Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights. Henry Edwards Huntington (February 27, 1850 - May 23, 1927) was an American railroad pioneer and art collector. ...
The system was later renamed the Los Angeles Transit Lines when it began to replace many of its streetcar routes with buses. This slow abandonment of lines occurred in almost every other electric streetcar system in North America, was hundreds of streetcar lines were removed. There were a few exceptions, such as in the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Toronto. TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ...
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Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...
City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area - Total - Water 151. ...
Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ...
The last streetcar lines of the Yellow Cars were taken over by a government agency, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (not related to the current agency of that name) in 1958. The agency removed the remaining five streetcar lines in 1963.
The LARy's Soto Street sub station, circa 1913. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x496, 93 KB) Summary The Soto Street substation of the now-defunct Los Angeles Railway (LARy), circa 1913. ...
| LARy #863, built in 1912 by the American Car and Foundry Company, is seen here having been retrofitted with steel side panels and folding doors. The unit could carry up to 44 passengers. Image File history File links LARy_863. ...
American Car and Foundry (often abbreviated as ACF) is a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. ...
| Unit #1407, one of 70 Birney streetcars acquired by the LARy, turns up Marmion Way. The slow, rough-riding units were soon relegated to service on "shuttle" lines. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (829x477, 55 KB) Summary Unit No. ...
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| The LARy was one of the first transit companies to purchase PCC streetcars in 1936. In the LARy's closing days its fleet would consist solely of 165 of these units. Image File history File links LARy_PCC_on_lst_Street_at_Spring_Street. ...
A Twin City Rapid Transit PCC streetcar in museum operation. ...
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References
- Copeland, P. Allen (2002). California Trolleys In Color, Volume 1: San Diego and Los Angeles, Morning Sun Books, Inc., Scotch Plains, NJ. ISBN 1-58248-076-1.
- Post, Robert C. (1989). Street Railways and the Growth of Los Angeles, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-104-1.
Further reading - Walker, Jim (1977). The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles, Interurban Press, Glendale, CA. ISBN 0-91637-425-4.
See also The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to a contention that General Motors (GM), acting in conjunction with several other companies and through the National City Lines (NCL) holding company, illegally acquired many streetcar systems in various cities around the United States, dismantled and replaced them with buses for the express...
Between 1936 and 1950, National City Lines (NCL), a holding company sponsored and funded by General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California and Phillips Petroleum, bought out more than 100 electric surface-traction (streetcar) systems in 45 cities (including New York, Philadelphia, St. ...
The Pacific Electric Railway (AAR reporting mark PE), also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail and buses. ...
The San Diego Electric Railway Company (SDERy) was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars and (in later years) buses. ...
External links - Mapping Los Angeles' Electric Railways
- Orange Empire Railway Museum official website
- Tours in a Bygone Era
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