| Angeleno Heights Birney Car Moves to New Location !
The neighborhood yard where we kept the Trolley from January 2003 to March 2004. Photo by B. Lash |
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| Rita and Hank cheering on the move. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| The tilt-bed tow truck arrives. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| William, our skilled truck driver, gets the tilt-bed tow truck in position to pick up the Trolley. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| Final tie down before the move. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| Positioning the Trolley at our new location. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| Bruce and Jim discuss the situation, where to place the railroad ties, etc. Photo by D. Goldsboro |
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| The Trolley move is completed! Photo by B. Lash |
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| THE ECHO PARK LOTUS FESTIVAL celebrates the blooming of these magnificent flowers in Echo Park Lake. The bloom is about a foot across and the leaves are bout 2 1/2 feet across. This stand of giant lotus is very rare outside of Asia and has been growing here since the 1920's. We set up an information booth at the festival in order to inform the public about our Angeleno Heights Trolley Line. We had displays, information and offered free membership cards to those who wanted to show their support for our project. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Our information booth at the Lotus Festival just after setting up and before the crowds arrive. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Our displays showing our route map, our route in pictures, historic photos of tolleys and the arrival of our Birney car, #1030, in Angeleno Heights, Sept. 2002. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Large crowds arrive to enjoy the food, entertainment, crafts and information available at the Lotus Festival, a highlight of our neighborhood for over 20 years. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| There was an overwhelming response to fill out membership forms showing support for the Angeleno Heights Trolley Line at the Echo Park Lotus Festival, 2003. We signed up over 1000 supporters in the 12 to 14 hours our information booth was open. That is well over one every minute! Photo by B. Lash. |
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| OUR ROUTE IN PICTURES. The following 11 pictures show some of the highlights that you will see on our trolley route. We begin in historic Angeleno Heights, the first suburb of Los Angeles, founded in 1886. This neighborhood has the highest concentration of Victorian houses in Los Angeles and over two dozen Cultural-Historic Monuments. It is a must see for everyone living in, or visiting, Los Angeles. Located just a mile or so northwest of Downtown. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Chinatown, with wonderful variety of restaurants and shops. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Our newly restored City Hall is only a block away and the U. S. Court House is also on our route. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| The Pico House. When it was completed in 1869 it was one of the finest hotels west of the Mississippi. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Mission de la Senora de Los Angeles, the Plaza Church, across N. Main St. from the Plaza and Olvera St. Photo by B. Lash.
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| Enjoy the colorful shops and restaurants of Olvera Street. This is where our city was founded in 1781. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Union Station is another very important stop on our route. Our MAP page doesn't show it, but we will turn the corner by Olvera St. and go over to Union Station. From here you can connect to all of the Metro Lines and Metro Link trains. It is the transportation hub of Los Angeles. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Dodger Stadium is along our route at Sunset Blvd. and Elysian Park Ave. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| The Echo Park Business District with a large modern grocery store, bakery, restaurants, banks and many other convenient shops. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Glide past beautiful Echo Park Lake on Echo Park Ave. Photo by B. Lash |
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| Fire Station #6. Back to the starting point in Angeleno Heights. Photo by B. Lash |
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| San Pedro Red Car #501 being readied for testing and final PUC inspection, June 3, 2003. These streetcars are magnificent. You must go to see and ride them! Then you will know why we want ours here. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Power pole on top of streetcar connects to electric power line above. Electric streetcars are a non-polluting form of transportation. They are quiet and relaxing to ride on. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| San Pedro Red Car #1058 at platform, ready for boarding. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| San Pedro Red Car ceiling showing beautifully finished woodwork and advertising signs above windows. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| San Pedro Red Car #1058 coming into station from test run, June 3, 2003. Photo by B. Lash. |
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| Interior of a brand new Birney car, ca. 1920. Photo courtesy of the Electric Railway Historical Assoc. of So. Calif. |
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| At the "end of the line" on Douglas St. at Kensington Rd. Photo courtesy of the Electric Railway Historical Assoc. of So. Calif. |
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| The #1026 at Dozier and Rowan, c. 1944. |
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| Vermont at Florence. |
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| Temple at Glendale, c. 1944. |
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| Fare zones of the streetcar system in Los Angeles, c. 1950. |
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| Heading into Angeleno Heights on E. Edgeware Rd. at Temple St., ca. 1939. |
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| J.G. Brill ad for Birney car, 1916. |
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| On Alvarado. |
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| 2nd at Rampart. |
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| The Last 4 Photos are in Reverse Order.
It took 2 days of hard work to unload and nudge the Birney into a neighbor's yard using forklifts.
Finally, the car is in its temporary home, safely back in Angeleno Heights. |
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| Unloading the trolley car at the storage site in Angeleno Heights. |
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| The #1030 car in transit. |
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| Birney car #1030 arrives on Douglas St. in Angeleno Heights. It is the first time that it has been here in 56 years! We are thrilled to see it! The last time it ran here was in 1946. We intend to see that it runs once again in our historic neighborhood and the surrounding historic areas. |
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