Los Angeles Railway (aka Yellow Car) en route to downtown Los Angeles, April 9, 1956
At first glance, I took this photo to be of a bus but then I saw it was running on tracks. It was taken on April 9, 1956 (exactly 64 years ago today) which explains why it doesn’t look like the street cars from older photos. It’s a Los Angeles Railway car (aka “Yellow Car”, also aka a Streamliner) en route to downtown Los Angeles, where passengers could – as the sign says – “Take this car to Bullock’s Downtown” which was one of the main department stores at L.A.’s center. Well, they could if the car was accepting passengers except that there is a sign in the front window saying “Next car please” which makes me wonder why all the lights are on inside.
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That is a “Streamliner” car; the LA Railways had a fleet of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCC_streetcar
Thanks, MMM. I’ve updated the text to include your handy piece of information.
It looks like the passenger door is open. Perhaps it’s being thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. You gotta have the lights on to find the dirt.
Now that I’m looking more closely, it looks like you’re right, Johnny – that front door does look like it’s open. And yes, perhaps for cleaning, but I would have thought any sort of cleaning would happen at a depot.
This photo was taken at the end of the “R” car line at W. 3rd St and Gramercy Place
PCC car #3001 seen here, is preserved in operation condition at the Southern Calif. Railway Museum, Perris Calif.