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Old 03-15-2019, 01:18 PM
 
Location: SoCal
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At it's peak it had 1000 miles of track with 2,100 trains operating daily. It literally covered everywhere in the 1920s. Of course as the freeway system was built it equaled straight death to the "obsolete" electric railway. I'm amazed that they were so ahead of the times a shame we ended up going backwards while still growing rapidly. I mean check out these lines from 1911 covered everywhere in LA CSA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifi...(Red_Cars).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Electric https://lbpost.com/longbeachize/long...carried-lb-la/
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Old 03-15-2019, 01:30 PM
 
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The back room of Phillipes is dedicated to this
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Old 03-15-2019, 01:31 PM
 
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and it was apparently killed off by GM
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Old 03-15-2019, 02:37 PM
 
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and it was apparently killed off by GM
Yup. So they could make more Chevelle's.
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Old 03-15-2019, 08:13 PM
 
Location: Retired in Malibu/La Quinta/Flagstaff
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and it was apparently killed off by GM
Urban Myth.
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Old 03-15-2019, 09:16 PM
 
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Urban Myth.
Conspiracy theories but doesn't mean there isn't some truth to it
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Old 03-15-2019, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Retired in Malibu/La Quinta/Flagstaff
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Conspiracy theories but doesn't mean there isn't some truth to it
The Pacific Electric was losing money hand over fist. Ridership was plummeting. Bankruptcy was right around the corner.
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Old 03-16-2019, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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The Pacific Electric was losing money hand over fist. Ridership was plummeting. Bankruptcy was right around the corner.
You are correct Patrolman.

Can't stand conspiracy theorists...this article from Curbed LA does a good job recapping why the conspiracy theorists are full of B.S.

https://la.curbed.com/2017/9/20/1634...general-motors
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Old 03-16-2019, 10:58 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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You are correct Patrolman.

Can't stand conspiracy theorists...this article from Curbed LA does a good job recapping why the conspiracy theorists are full of B.S.

https://la.curbed.com/2017/9/20/1634...general-motors
Thanks for this makes you really wonder how accurately we view the past.
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Old 03-16-2019, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Urban Myth.
I absolutely agree with you.

One other "urban myth" is the notion that Los Angeles is a "sprawling" city due to the automobile. The reality is that those 1,000 miles of railway were the beginnings of So. Calif.'s dispersed settlement pattern.
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