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4
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Service
Type Streetcar
System Los Angeles Railway
History
OpenedMay 9, 1939 (1939-05-09) (second vers.)
ClosedNovember 4, 1941 (1941-11-04) (second vers.)
Technical
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

1939–1941
  R 
Boyle and 7th
  R 
Boyle and 8th
Boyle and Olympic

4 was the number assigned to two distinct streetcar lines operated by the Los Angeles Railway in Los Angeles, California.

History

1931 alignment

4 was first assigned to a short turn service of the 3 Line. This operated from 1931 to 1935 when all operations along the route reverted to 3 Line service. [1]

1939 alignment

The number was later assigned to the Boyle Street Shuttle (previously line 31 [2]) beginning May 19, 1939. [3] This service was short lived and ceased in October 1941. [1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "'4'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "'31'-BOYLE AVENUE LINE (1927-1939)". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4
Overview
LocaleLos Angeles
Service
Type Streetcar
System Los Angeles Railway
History
OpenedMay 9, 1939 (1939-05-09) (second vers.)
ClosedNovember 4, 1941 (1941-11-04) (second vers.)
Technical
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead line
Route map

1939–1941
  R 
Boyle and 7th
  R 
Boyle and 8th
Boyle and Olympic

4 was the number assigned to two distinct streetcar lines operated by the Los Angeles Railway in Los Angeles, California.

History

1931 alignment

4 was first assigned to a short turn service of the 3 Line. This operated from 1931 to 1935 when all operations along the route reverted to 3 Line service. [1]

1939 alignment

The number was later assigned to the Boyle Street Shuttle (previously line 31 [2]) beginning May 19, 1939. [3] This service was short lived and ceased in October 1941. [1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "'4'". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "'31'-BOYLE AVENUE LINE (1927-1939)". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

External links



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