Monday, October 7, 2019

PCC at the Palm Place loop on the LA MTA J Line

From pg. 60 of The Los Angeles Railway Through the Years
At yesterday's post, nscalestation commented that the layout's park loop reminded him of a similar one on the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority's J Line. I took a look through my only book on the LA MTA, Steven L. Easlon's 1973 The Los Angeles Railway Through the Years, to see what I might find.

Although wikipedia suggests the line had 3 loops, all I could find in Mr. Easlon's book is that photo. Its caption has this to say: Car 3069 is shown here waiting at the Palm Place loop in South Gate at the end of the "J" line in the early 1960's. Since the P.C.C.'s were singled-ended, they required reverse loops to turn them around. That looks like an interesting shelter to the left of the PCC that might make for a nice little model.

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  1. Yup, that's the one. At the Orange Empire Railway Museum they have the restored drivers shelter but I don't think those passenger shelters in this photo survived. Here is a link to a color photo of the loop. https://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AG-0611-LATL3165-southgateloop-031857.jpg The 3165 is one of the PCC cars that is also restored and running a OERM. For reference this loop was on the NE corner of Seville Ave. and Palm Place.

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    1. Thanks for the link! I hope that one day I'll get to visit the OERM.

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