O (Los Angeles Railway)

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O
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Service
Type Streetcar
System Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened1918 (1918)
ClosedAugust 3, 1947 (1947-08-03)
Technical
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification Overhead line,  600 V DC
Route map

Contents

1926–1947
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Lincoln Park
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Mission and Lincoln Park
  10  
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Main and Mission
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Main and Griffith
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Main and Daly
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Main and Avenue 20
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Main and Lamar
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Main and Macy
  B    F  
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Main and Temple
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Main and 1st
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Main and 2nd
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Main and 3rd
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Main and 4th
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Main and 5th
  D    U    3  
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Main and 6th
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Main and 7th
  J    R    S  
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Main and 9th
  7    8  
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Main and 11th
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Main and 11th
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Main and 12th
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Main and Venice
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Main and Washington
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Main and Adams
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Main and Jefferson
  F    5  
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Main and Broadway Place
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Main and Santa Barbara
  7    8  
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Main and Vernon
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Main and 53rd
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Main and Slauson
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Main and 61st
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Main and Florence

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other lines

O was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway and ran until 1947.

History

The O was formed from branches of existing lines. It ran on Main Street and 8th Street then to 1st and Virgil Avenue. Service began in 1918. Two years later, and was largely cut back to only run on Main Street with the northern end also running on Sunset Boulevard, North Spring Street, and Ord Street. [1] The route was assigned the letter designation O in 1921. [2] [3]

The line was extended north on February 3, 1924, leaving the old route at Spring and Ord and reaching Cypress to Verdugo Road, where an interchange with the Glendale and Montrose Railway was located. [4] This service lasted four months before the terminus was reverted to Spring and Ord. [1]

The line was extended north again on July 4, 1926 via Main Street and Mission Road to Selig Place, adjacent to Lincoln Park. [5] An additional extension south to Florence was built during the Great Depression in 1931. This routing remained until the line was discontinued on August 3, 1947. [1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "'O'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  2. "May 1: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History". Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 16, 2022. 1921: Large letter signs indicating the routes of different lines are placed on top of Los Angeles Railway streetcars.
  3. "Cars To Have Letter Signs" (PDF). Two Bells. Vol. 1, no. 48. Los Angeles Railway. May 2, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. "New Car Routings for L.A. Railway". Los Angeles Daily News. February 1, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved July 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  5. H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google .


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