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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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A rare and handsome reminder of a long-ago era in public transportation; a proud veteran of nearly a half-century of solid, reliable service to the residents of Los Angeles.
Sadly, due to gauge, this historic car can never be restored to operating condition.........
https://collections.trolleymuseum.org/items/43/
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:42 am Post subject: |
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"ON TO VICTORY!"
During WW2, many transit operators custom painted select streetcars and buses to boost enrollment in the armed forces.
This was, of course, a patriotic practice also followed in the Los Angeles area.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17342
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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Also.......
It is a bit ironic that the last "Red Cars" to operate (on the Long Beach line in 1961) were not even "original", instead, second-hand rolling stock from the San Francisco Bay area; all of the original "Red Cars" had already been retired, and either sold or scrapped..........
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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The Hollywood Subway....an alternate "view".........
Imagine if the Subway, instead if being built as a a "delivery tube" for interurban cars to travel into downtown while avoiding street traffic, had been built as a true "subway", with multiple underground stops, such as was found in Boston, Newark, and Philadelphia.
It DOES make for some interesting thinking! 
'NYO"
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Cyberider
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| It was more of a tunnel than a subway. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Cyberider wrote: | | It was more of a tunnel than a subway. |
Cyberider:
Agreed; I always thought likewise.
It was, actually, a "SINO" ("Subway In Name Only").
Again, Boston, Newark, and Philadelphia had true streetcar subways, with multiple stations, underground junctions, etc.
Ironically, LA did not truly get a REAL subway until decades after the Hollywood Subway was closed, and the last "Red Cars" disappeared.......
["NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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The PCCs..........
Interesting how the PCCs were the only ones ever operated by PE; no other PCCs were ever ordered, nor were any other new cars ever ordered.
It would have been interesting (IMHO) to see postwar PCCs decked out in classic "Red Car" livery, indeed!  |
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Cyberider
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe PE was ordered by the authorities to order the PCC's. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Cyberider wrote: | | I believe PE was ordered by the authorities to order the PCC's. |
Cyberider:
That would well explain why these were the only PCCs in the "Red Car" fleet..............
"NYO"
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Cyberider
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Just finished watching an episode of the Three Stooges with a little LARy action. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Cyberider wrote: | | Just finished watching an episode of the Three Stooges with a little LARy action. |
Cyberider:
I believe that (1936?) Stooges short was "False Alarms", if I am not mistaken.
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Cyberider wrote: | | Just finished watching an episode of the Three Stooges with a little LARy action. |
Cyberider:
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ache_in_Every_Stake
This 1941 Three Stooges short (I've mentioned this awhile ago) features a few really quick glimpses of PE PCC trains running back and forth, down the hill from where the Stooges are delivering ice......
"NYO"
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