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Author:	Ira L. Swett
Title:	Lines Of Pacific Electric Western District
Publisher:	Interurban Press
Country:	USA
Date:	1 Jan 1957
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Transport, History, Photography
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Part 3 of Interurbans Special 16 is Interurbans newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 6, describing the Pacific Electric's Western District. Originally printed in 1957 and reprinted in 1967. Provides detailed information on operations and history (routes, miles, revenue, track, equipment, passenger and freight traffic, etc.) for the following lines: W. 16th Street, Venice Short Line, Santa Monica via Sawtelle, Westgate, 3rd Street, 8th Street, Redondo Beach-Del Rey, Lagoon, Coldwater Canyon, Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica Air Line, Inglewood, Hollywood, Subway-Hollywood, Hollywood, Laurel Canyon, Hollywood-Venice, South Hollywood-Sherman, Western & Franklin, Echo Park Avenue, San Fernando Valley, Glendale-Burbank, and Edendale. With 9 maps. Illustrated with vintage black and white photos. 31 pages.

Comments and Reviews


WPLives 5th Aug 2021		Pages 41-70.



WPLives 4th Aug 2021		My copy reads "December, 1957".



WPLives 4th Aug 2021		COVER PHOTOS: Top Left: 721 about to enter subway in 1947 (MC). Next Below: 990 and train on Venice Short Line, 1939. (BN) Top Right: 883 heads a six-car train on Venice Short Line in 1916 (JP). Center Left: A 200 on Hollywood-Vineyard Line enters Hill St. Tunnel, 1913 (MC). Center: 916 at Culver City on Air Line in 1939 (AH). Center Right: 1044 on Main St., Ocean Park, on August 24, 1950 (AP). Lower Left: 958 and train on Hill St. at First in 1943 (CB). Lower Right: 5005 on Glendale Blvd. at Temple St. in 1946; LARY "sowbelly" 83 on "A" line in background (MC).



Charlie Chalk 3rd Aug 2021		This looks more like a 'magazine'. (this comment is from another edition of this book)