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A red streetcar with a trolley pole crosses a long trestle with timber and steel spans against a blue sky. Utility poles and wires stand above it, a stucco building is at lower left, and a street with cars is at lower right. — Download original ↓

February 25, 1955 · Fletcher Drive Trestle, Los Angeles, CA

A Pacific Electric Railway PCC streetcar crosses the Fletcher Drive Trestle above a city street.

Date: February 25, 1955
Location: Fletcher Drive Trestle, Los Angeles, CA
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Pacific Electric Railway
Equipment: Pullman-Standard PCC

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