Tuesday, April 22, 2014

the Pacific Electric's business car, greater L.A., 1950s


Pacific Electric car 1299 alongside a PCC car.  The former was a luxurious "Business Car", reserved for the exclusive use of company officials and their guests for travel on the Pacific Electric. The 1299 was built in the PE's Torrance Shops in 1929 using the body of Southern Pacific trailer coach 477, which had been acquired second-hand from SP's abandoned electric lines in Portland, Oregon.

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