Big Red Car #4601
by Joseph Hollingsworth
Title
Big Red Car #4601
Artist
Joseph Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Locked away and in storage (looking like a ghost train), this coach is a piece of southern California history. The access was difficult but I had to get some kind of shot of it.
The Red Car is an electric train, or electric
motor coach, that was built in 1911 by American
Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific Railway in the
Oakland East Bay area. The car had seating for
116 people, so it was called the .Big Red Car..
This car was numbered #315, and kept that number
for 35 years until it was renumbered #4601 by
Pacific Electric (P.E.).
In 1942, the car no longer in use in the Bay
area, was sold to
U.S. Maritime Commission
for use in the
Los Angeles area for
operation on the
Pacific Electric. It
was used to carry
workers for war
production activities.
The Red Car is an electric train, or electric
motor coach, that was built in 1911 by American
Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific Railway in the
Oakland East Bay area. The car had seating for
116 people, so it was called the .Big Red Car..
This car was numbered #315, and kept that number
for 35 years until it was renumbered #4601 by
Pacific Electric (P.E.).
In 1942, the car no longer in use in the Bay
area, was sold to
U.S. Maritime Commission
for use in the
Los Angeles area for
operation on the
Pacific Electric. It
was used to carry
workers for war
production activities.
The Red Car is an electric train, or electric
motor coach, that was built in 1911 by American
Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific Railway in the
Oakland East Bay area. The car had seating for
116 people, so it was called the .Big Red Car..
This car was numbered #315, and kept that number
for 35 years until it was renumbered #4601 by
Pacific Electric (P.E.).
In 1942, the car no longer in use in the Bay
area, was sold to
U.S. Maritime Commission
for use in the
Los Angeles area for
operation on the
Pacific Electric. It
was used to carry
workers for war
production activities.
The Red Car is an electric train, or electric
motor coach, that was built in 1911 by American
Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific Railway in the
Oakland East Bay area. The car had seating for
116 people, so it was called the .Big Red Car..
This car was numbered #315, and kept that number
for 35 years until it was renumbered #4601 by
Pacific Electric (P.E.).
In 1942, the car no longer in use in the Bay
area, was sold to
U.S. Maritime Commission
for use in the
Los Angeles area for
operation on the
Pacific Electric. It
was used to carry
workers for war
production activities.
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