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A yellow streetcar with the number 1399 and route 5 sign travels on embedded tracks beside a road with utility poles and palm trees.
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January 1955

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1399, operates on a sunny day along a palm-lined street in the 1950s.

Date
January 1955
Vehicle
Streetcar, PCC streetcar
Operator
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority
Equipment
PCC
Fleet numbers
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority 1399
Tags
1950s Winter

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