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On this day in 1961, what was billed as the "largest electric rail system in the world" ceased operation in Southern California. Starting in 1910, the Pacific Electric Car company operated streetcars linking Los Angeles with the outlying suburbs and communities. Originally founded by industrialist Henry Huntington, this private company was greatly responsible for the growth of the city in it's early years.
Understanding that little money was to be made in mass transit, Huntington and his company knew that it would be a useful tool for development. An electric streetcar meant that towns would need to upgrade with electric power lines and rails, and many towns were willing to trade valuable real estate property for help in bringing the PE to their town. Many of L.A.'s cities were originally boom towns made possible by this link to what would be called the Red Car.
During their heyday between the 1920s and the 1940s the Red Car (which connected to the suburbs) and the Yellow Car (Which linked the dense urban downtown area) transported millions, providing an essential mass transit option during the war years when gasoline was in short supply.
By the 1950s, the system was in decline. With most of L.A.'s real estate already spoken for, there was less money to be made from development along the routes. In addition heavy competition from the automobile brought many accidents and less demand. The system was purchased by the public Metropolitan Transit Authority and subsequently dismantled to make way for the freeway system, an event that was chronicled by the documentary Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
By the 1970s, the transit revolution of the automobile hadn't exactly been the shining future proposed by Judge Doom, but a rather congested and smoggy one. It was through the efforts of mass transit boosters like George Takei who advocated for Subways and light rail to return to L.A. The Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold and Expo lines have been built up over the following decades, in many cases utilizing the same rails and right-of-ways built by the Pacific Electric company so many years before.
A film of the last ride of the Red Car in April, 1961
Documentary footage
More documentaries, which I have to check out.
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