This pair of finely uniformed gentlemen are standing outside a railcar dubbed “The Poppy” (after, I presume, the California poppy.) It was a Pacific Electric Observation Railcar which was decked out in style and took people (who were probably also decked out in style) around LA so that they can enjoy (as the sign at the front of the car says) “Seeing the Orange Groves.”

A close-up of the sign at the front of the railcar:

The caption on this photo read: Passengers could arrange to travel in Victorian splendor, inside the parlor car of the Pacific Electric.  Some of the “business” class cars featured leather club chairs.  (Photo, Los Angeles Herald, December 20, 1908)