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Pacific Electric. The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. Organized around the city centers of Los Angeles and San ...
The Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line was a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) heritage streetcar line for public transit along the waterfront in San Pedro, at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. The line operated between July 2003 and September 2015, when service was discontinued due to major construction projects that resulted in the ...
The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990. Today the system includes over 160 miles (260 km ...
The history of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League begins in 1966, as the league prepared a major expansion for the upcoming season, and awarded a new team to Los Angeles-based entrepreneur Jack Kent Cooke, who also owned the Los Angeles Lakers. While the Los Angeles Kings awaited construction to be completed on their future ...
The line originated in Downtown Los Angeles at the Subway Terminal Building.The Red Cars exited the station at ground level directly on to Hill Street. The dual tracks ran south in the middle of Hill Street crossing major intersections such as 6th Street, Olympic Boulevard, and Pico Boulevard until the line turned west onto Venice Boulevard.
The Los Angeles Kings revealed its new logo on Thursday, offering fans a first look at the nostalgia-inspired design. The logo is a slightly updated version of the classic logo worn by the Kings ...
Watts. Watts Station is a train station built in 1904 in Watts, Los Angeles, California. It was one of the first buildings in Watts, and for many years, it was a major stop for the Pacific Electric Railway 's "Red Car" service between Los Angeles and Long Beach. It was the only structure that remained intact when stores along 103rd Street in ...
The Detroit Red Wings host the Los Angeles Kings at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Detroit in a rematch of the Wings' Jan. 4 victory in L.A.