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Cyberider

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip, NYO. Will keep my eyes open for a c opy. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider wrote: | Thanks for the tip, NYO. Will keep my eyes open for a c opy. |
Cyberider:
You are welcome!
These books are STILL quite reasonable on eBay and Amazon; you'll do well to get a copy....it's an EXCELLENT book, for certain!
"NYO"
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Cyberider

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: |
The ONE problem I had with the PE book was that, outside of two opening-day photos, there were NO PHOTOS AT ALL of the Subway Terminal in operation, NO interior views, NO photos of Toluca Yard.
"NYO"
["LOS ANGELES RAILWAY"]
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You probably found it by now but there is a photo of Toluca Yard on page 85. PE was such a vast system that a small book like this can only show a small part of it. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider:
Yes, I totally agree.
I've found quite a few photos (many in color) of Toluca Yard online; must have have been QUITE a show, watching the "Red Car" trains pulling in and out of the yard during rush hours!
The adjacent substation REALLY had to have been CRANKIN', during those peak hours!
"NYO"
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Cyberider

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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The Glendale-Burbank line carried pretty good traffic. In the days of the 550-class cars, through 1936, they had 5-car trains at rush hour. Then, PE wanted to "bustify" the line but they got so much complaint that they brought in some larger wooden cars, the 800's and 950's, since they had retired the 550's. These were used until the PCC's arrived in 1940, with the 950's continuing to help out. Those five-car trains of 550's were most impressive looking. Don't know if any of them are online. They were originally published in those old Ira Swett books I mentioned. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider:
You just reminded me of an early 1940s "Three Stooges" short, where they play icemen who "crash" a society party.
Looking down the long, long flights of stairs to the street (the same steps used in the classic Stanley & Ollie short, "The Music Box") there are a couple of QUICK glimpses of PE PCC trains scuttling back and forth!
I do not have to tell you that many Mack Sennett (and Hal Roach comedies) featured glimpses of LARY cars; in the circa-1936 "Three Stooges" short, "False Alarms", there are several quick scenes with "Yellow Cars"!
The 1949 Red Skelton comedy, "The Yellow Cab Man" featured some glimpses of "Red Cars"..........
"NYO"
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Cyberider

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Very familiar with the Three Stooges, a favorite since childhood. Yep, the LARy car running over the fire hoses in False Alarms. Will have to watch more closely for the PCC's in the Iceman episode. I must have been so busy laughing at the rest of the episode that I didn't notice them.  |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider wrote: | Very familiar with the Three Stooges, a favorite since childhood. Yep, the LARy car running over the fire hoses in False Alarms. Will have to watch more closely for the PCC's in the Iceman episode. I must have been so busy laughing at the rest of the episode that I didn't notice them.  |
Cyberider:
Remember, also, the 1930 Laurel & Hardy short, "HOG WILD"; Ollie has an interesting(!!) encounter with an open-top double-decker, and then, their ancient Model "T" gets crushed between two "Yellow Cars"!
"NYO"
["LARy"]
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider wrote: | Very familiar with the Three Stooges, a favorite since childhood. Yep, the LARy car running over the fire hoses in False Alarms. Will have to watch more closely for the PCC's in the Iceman episode. I must have been so busy laughing at the rest of the episode that I didn't notice them.  |
Cyberider:
Look for the pics showing LARY "Yellow Cars"!
www.imcdb.org/movie_27601-False-Alarms.html
BTW:
The short where the Stooges play icemen (where you are treated to a few quick glimpses of PE PCC trains in the distance) is "An Ache In Every Stake", made in 1941; the PCCs were still the "new kids on the block", then!
"NYO"
["PACIFIC ELECTRIC"]
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Can't forget the classic "Keystone Kops" silent comedies of the 1920s, which also often featured LA streetcars! (NICE PHOTO!)
https://i.redd.it/wh7o35woddz91.jpg
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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LARy trivia:
In the 1930 (Hal Roach) Laurel & Hardy short, "HOG WILD", the LARY trolley line featured near the (crashing!) climax (involving two LARY cars) of the film was the "U" line, running on University Avenue.............
"NYO"
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Cyberider

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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I need to review my Stan and Ollie pictures! |
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Cyberider

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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
"NYO"
["SANTA ANA"]
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