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Rare 1927 Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car Trolley Route

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Los Angeles Railway 5 Car Route Sign, Inglewood Hawthorne: This terrific sign was on the front of the streetcar for the Los Angeles Railway (1895-1963) This number 5 Car was for Inglewood and Inglewood/Hawthorne. Sign is marked 32, possibly for the year of us

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Los Angeles Railway Yellow S Line, Wrigley Field San: This sign was an education for me as I was unaware that Los Angeles was the home of the first Wrigley Field! This is a great piece of history for Both Los Angeles Railways and baseball fans! It is a h

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1937 Goldwyn's The Hurricane Pacific Electric Trolley Banner: This great piece is a wrap for a trolley car from the Pacific Electric line in Los Angeles. The advertising is from the 1937 movie The Hurricane, produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Wrap encourages you to

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Pacific Electric Ry Sign, Los Angeles/Long Beach: This rare and hard to find destination sign was from the Pacific Electric Railway. This double sided steel sign is for the Express Los Angeles/Express Long Beach that would have been placed on the fro

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Rare c1930 Pacific Electric Lines Operator Hat Badge: Great and hard to find hat badge for the Pacific Electric Lines in Los Angeles. This rail motor coach badge was manufactured by Bastian Bros of New York and was union made with yellow and red enamelin

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San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RR 1907 Southern California Brochure: This is a rare, impossible to find 1907 brochure from the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad. Printed just two years after the 1905 opening of the route, this brochure features 20 double-p

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Railway Passes from Original Los Angeles Railway: Approximately fourteen (14) Railway Passes from the Original Los Angeles Railway, circa 1936-1938. All are depicted with vintage illustrations, multi-colored, authentic, in good condition. A very uniq

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Vintage Railroad Fare Tokens, Los Angeles, DC Plus: So many tokens fill this riker and they are unsorted. Judging by just what is visible, there are a lot more Los Angeles Railway tokens than any other, but there are still a decent amount of various ot

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Rare Vintage Los Angeles Motor Coach Fob, Keys: This is a rare and interesting lot for Los Angeles Motor Coach which was in operation from 1923-1947. The business started as Los Angeles Motor Bus and was a joint venture between Pacific Electric and

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Pacific Electric LA's Transit System Map: Interesting reproduction of the Pacific Electric streetcar route in Los Angeles. Map shows the routes throughout the area and gives a brief history of the formation and heyday of this public transport

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The Sunset Route Book-1915-Southern Pacific RR: This book is a 1915 copyright “The Sunset Route, From El Paso to Los Angeles,” as printed for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Published by Van Noy Interstate Company and copyrighted by Curt

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The Shasta Route Book-1915-Southern Pacific RR: This is the second edition, and another of the harder to find editions of “The Shasta Route,” as copyrighted in 1915 by the H.H. Tammen Company of Los Angeles, CA. It was sold to passenger

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Rare 1927 Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car Trolley Route

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Description

Original and very hard to find is this double sided Los Angeles Railway sign for the Yellow car "W" route. One side is 11th & Figueroa and the other side is Rimpau & Washington. The upper right is the number 27, Believed to signify the year this sign was created. Steel signs like this hung on the front of the trolleys to let the riders know where they were going. This is a great sign that is rare and very cool for anyone who collects railroad and streetcar memorabilia, or anyone that loves Los Angeles history.

***We do not own the last photo, borrowed from pacificelectric.org

Condition

Great condition for age with typical wear from years of use.Â Â

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Rare 1927 Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car Trolley Route

Name: Rare 1927 Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car Trolley Route
SKU: 113971016
Price: 275 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $100 - $1,500

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