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Postcard: Los Angeles railcar 1544 near Travel Town (1970)

Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Roy Gabriel.
Publisher: Lyman E. Cox.
Date: 1970.
City: Los Angeles (United States).

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Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
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Los Angeles railcar 1544 (ex Los Angeles service vehicle 1544), manufacturer North Shore Railroad (NSHR), type Electra, painted Keep off.

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Pacific Electric # 1544 sits on display in Traveltown, Los Angeles. Named the "Electra" when it was built in 1902 in Sausalito, California, by the North Shore Railroad (B/N 3) for local freight work on the dual-gauge electrified trackage out of Sausalito. It later proved unsatisfactory and was leased in 1906 to the San Francisco Debris Commission to help clean up after the earthquake. It then went to the United Railways in San Francisco and later to Southern Pacific as Central Pacific # 201. Finally in 1917, it went to the Pacific Electric as # 1544 and remained in service until it was retired.

Pacific Electric

Postcard: Los Angeles railcar 1544 near Travel Town (1970)

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Last updated: February 15, 2024.