Posted by Lisa Newton at Travelin’ Local
Did you know that Los Angeles used to have the “Largest Trolley System in the World?”
With a fleet of over 900 electric trolley cars, covering over 1,100 miles of track, Los Angeles was the leader in streetcar transport and tracks.
Alas, it died a slow death when the last streetcar was put into “cold storage” in 1963.
Here’s a blast from our past:
Read the complete store here. You will also find exciting information about the new LA Streetcar system.
Thank you Lisa for this enlightening story.
In the shot above we are looking north up Broadway. The street curving in at the right is Broadway Place. The streamlined streetcar in the foreground is operating on the P line. When this shot was taken in 1947, no buses operated on Broadway.