Public transportation before the automobile became the primary form of transportation
The Pacific Electric Railway (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 largest electric railway in the world at its greatest extent, around 1925, the system interconnected cities in Los Angeles County and Orange County, as well as in San Bernardino County and Riverside County.
The service was organized around two nexuses located in the city centers of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, which were each connected in 1914 by the 1200-volt San Bernardino Line.
The system shared some dual gauge track with the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway, "Yellow Car" or "LARy" system. These were on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles (directly in front of the busy 6th and Main terminal), on 4th Street and along Hawthorne Boulevard south of downtown LA toward the cities of Hawthorne, Gardena, and Torrance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Electric_Railway
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Shame General motors bought the company and shut them down to sell buses and more cars.Buying out the competition with the only intention of eliminating them shouldn't be allowed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
Posted Sep-11-2012 Byjaydenfre (316.12) jaydenfre View Channel Send Message
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Awesome pictures! - Awful trance music!
Posted Sep-11-2012 ByBillyBangcock (493.20) 
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In all the time I've been on LL I have never complained about any music. I just mute it. This as too much of a disappointment for me to keep my mouth shut. Please repost this with something suggestive of nostalgia. I cant' watch it as is.
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As late as the early '80s, there were still Pacific Electric cross signs at grade crossings in Riverside county; my dad expressed surprise that railfans hadn't taken them. His generation and older spoke warmly of the Red Cars.
Posted Sep-11-2012 ByPunky Rooster (147.08) 
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the track where i live is now a jogging path with trees etc ..
you could get to downtown la faster then by train than now crazy
Posted Sep-11-2012 Byjpsks (85.36) 
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most people don't know that GM was the ruin of the streetcar era .. mass transit was costing them money in Auto and Bus sales so they bought up the streetcar lines and closed them down..
many youtube videos about it..
so much for electric mass transit .. glad it survived in the Toronto Canada area.. streetcars are so reminiscent of the past and a reminder of where mass transit should be heading ...
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/highland-park/the-parkway/end-of-the-line.html
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@Stugotzo i was about to comment the same thing. thanks for posting linjs too
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