Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[Commander Eddie]

Looks like the San Diego Freeway through the Santa Monica Mountains?

[Alan]

Ed, They did not start working on the 405 until the mid 60's more than 10 years later than that pic. In the middle of the freeway is the Pacific Electric Red Car tracks. Most of those were removed by the mid 50's.

[spokejr]

Ed, They did not start working on the 405 until the mid 60's more than 10 years later than that pic. In the middle of the freeway is the Pacific Electric Red Car tracks. Most of those were removed by the mid 50's.

Sorry Alan but you are wrong about #1920 being the Arroyo Pkwy aka the Pasadena Fwy. The Pasadena Fwy was never more than 3 lanes each way north of the L. A. River and necked down to 2 lanes each way for the tunnels. Currently there are 4 northbound lanes through the tunnels as a bypass was later added for southbound traffic into downtown.

Pic #1920 is the Hollywood Fwy, near where Universal Studios is today. The Red Car never ran in the middle of the Pasadena Fwy. The Pasadena Fwy could probably fit within the Red Car right-of-way.

Ken

[Alan]

Ken, You had better Google Pacific Electric Railway. The tracks ran right down the center of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and also Huntington Drive. When they got down near the end of the Freeway they made a hard left turn and went down to meet the tracks along what was later the 10, then on to Union Station. My father had an office at 6456 York Blvd. 50 feet from the York Blvd. bridge over the Pasadena Fwy. As a 9 year old kid in 52 those Red cars fascinated me. After looking at it for a while, it looks like the Stude was on Carlota Blvd. And the pic was taken between 60th. Ave. South and 52nd. Ave South.

[jims53]

Want to share a picture of my car back in the day...




Jim

[BobPalma]

Want to share a picture of my car back in the day...




Jim

Cool, Jim; are those Dodge Royal Lancer wheel covers? BP

[jims53]

Cool, Jim; are those Dodge Royal Lancer wheel covers? BP

[BobPalma]

I've probably been called worse things today, Jim....just check the Telsa Profit thread! BP

[spokejr]

Ken, You had better Google Pacific Electric Railway. The tracks ran right down the center of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and also Huntington Drive. When they got down near the end of the Freeway they made a hard left turn and went down to meet the tracks along what was later the 10, then on to Union Station. My father had an office at 6456 York Blvd. 50 feet from the York Blvd. bridge over the Pasadena Fwy. As a 9 year old kid in 52 those Red cars fascinated me. After looking at it for a while, it looks like the Stude was on Carlota Blvd. And the pic was taken between 60th. Ave. South and 52nd. Ave South.

Alan,

I cannot find a Google search showing this, admittedly I am a little held up using sketchy WiFi on the Isle of Man this next 2 weeks but I cannot find it.

Even if you find one article, it is wrong about the Arroyo Pkwy. Drive it, I challenge you to find a place for it. That much real-estate doesn't disappear. Look at vintage photos, it aint there. #1920 is the Hollywood Freeway looking northbound into the Sepulveda pass.

Huntington Dr has a huge center median due to the Red Car. The tracks took a split at Fair Oaks and Sierra Madre as well. In So Pasadena, the Red Car did cross the Arroyo Parkway at the same bridge the current Gold uses. If you can find an official Pacific Electric map showing otherwise, I am all eyes and ears.

Cheers,

Ken

[Alan]

Ken, You could be right about the Hollywood Freeway, but the wrong direction. That would be Cahuenga Blvd. on the right. So the pic. would have been taken South. Rainy day so hard to see shadows. The Red car came on at Highland and ran to Vineland St. I have a Pacific Electric map, but there were so many different Numbers for the lines. I was a 3 grader in Arcadia and had to walk a few blocks up to Huntington Dr. at Santa Anita and took the line that went down to Monterrey Ave. It followed Monterrey on the North side then crossed to the South side. Then crossed over the Freeway and onto Figueroa St. Then would have to walk back to 64 and York. If you got on the wrong car you could end up out of your way and those tokens that were the size of a dime and looked like a Texas Rangers badge could be eaten up for one block.

[JRoberts]

[BobPalma]

Good photo, Joe; that Buick Roadmaster, Cadillac, and 2-place Thunderbird sure look more at home in Beverly Hills than a lowly old Studebaker Starlight coupe. BP

[StudeDave57]

Good photo, Joe; that Buick Roadmaster, Cadillac, and 2-place Thunderbird sure look more at home in Beverly Hills than a lowly old Studebaker Starlight coupe. BP

"Tourists"!!!


StudeDave '57

[JRoberts]

Good photo, Joe; that Buick Roadmaster, Cadillac, and 2-place Thunderbird sure look more at home in Beverly Hills than a lowly old Studebaker Starlight coupe. BP

You know Bob, I thought the same thing when I first saw this picture. I guess some guys got it and some guys don't....have a Studebaker.

[Bob Andrews]

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