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Isaac Hayes and Alan Weeks versus James Milhollin
The French Connection (1971, dir. William Friedkin)
Alan Weeks 001 LATL Line 5 10rh & Broadway Pl. 19541218 AKW Los Angeles, 1954
051 PE1058may1979 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: From photographer's notes - "This line has been in operation for eleven years. A great effort was made to get the details right. It was well designed and built. The only problem after the crowds that attended the inauguration have all faded away. It does not carry very many passengers because it is only a ride and does not serve as a transportation service. This is a 1058 during it's second life as a Motor vehicle. It had rubber tires, a motor and steering wheel. It had to have a special permit to operate on streets. With the opening of the Trolley line it was converted back to a electric rail vehicle. (Former PE 900 class car)." Alan Weeks (Photos) September 6, 2015
051 PE1058may1979 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: From photographer's notes - "This line has been in operation for eleven years. A great effort was made to get the details right. It was well designed and built. The only problem after the crowds that attended the inauguration have all faded away. It does not carry very many passengers because it is only a ride and does not serve as a transportation service. This is a 1058 during it's second life as a Motor vehicle. It had rubber tires, a motor and steering wheel. It had to have a special permit to operate on streets. With the opening of the Trolley line it was converted back to a electric rail vehicle. (Former PE 900 class car)." Alan Weeks (Photos) September 6, 2015
605 PERY Subway Looking West 1955022 AKW by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: From photographer's notes - "Hard to believe that this great line was abandoned 51 years ago this coming June. It operated under the Pacific Electric Railway from 1905 until 1953. In 1953 it was sold or leased to Metropolitan Coach Lines who took over all of the PERY passenger service. MCL substituted buses on the Bellflower Rail line in 1958. The Hollywood Beverly Hills Line was bused in 1954. Then the same thing happened to the Glendale Burbank line in 1955. The Los Angeles San Pedro line bit the dust on May 25, 1958. The Watts Local Line in 1959. The final end came to the PERY when the Long Beach Line went bus on April 8, 1961. At this point the great PERY was no more. I am hoping that my slides will bring back the memory of a wonderful semi rapid transit line.It had almost two miles of Subway downtown. Miles of open private right of way.and of course street running. It had a very fast running time. I got my drivers license at sixteen (1948) and I can not believe the gradual change for the worse over these many years. Please note the lack of traffic on the streets where I took pictures. They were taken on a Saturday or Sunday but still compare with today when we have traffic 24/7. It really was a pleasure to drive. And for quite a few years you could sail along on our new freeways at 65 miles an hour most of the time." Alan Weeks (Photos) January 21, 2016
552 PERY West Hollywood Car House 19540413 AKW by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: From photographer's notes - "Even though sixty years have passed since I took these pictures surprisingly the memory of the pictures stays in our minds. All traces have disappeared in the streets but the whole line seems active in our minds. The Los Angeles Hollywood Beverly Hills Line ran from the Subway Terminal at 4th & Hill Streets. It came out at Beverly and Glendale Blvd. Ran on Glendale Bl. until it got to the North Edge of Echo Park, turned left on to a small street called Park Bl. and went up the hill to Sunset Bl. Turned West on Sunset Bl. and continued until it turned into Hollywood Bl. Continued thru Hollywood until it reached La Brea. It turned slightly South West on a Private Right of way until reaching Fountain. Then turned West on Fountain until it reached Private right of way just before Fairfax Bl. Turned West again on Santa Monica Bl thru West Hollywood. The old Sherman Shops of the PE [Pacific Electric] and the Car house in the pictures were on the property of what is now LACMTA Div. 7. If my memory is correct, the tracks moved from the center of Santa Monica to the South side of the tracks on a Private Right of way (about Doheny). The Right of way continued on to Beverly Hills and the end of Passenger service. Freight trains continued on to Sepulveda Bl. There was also a line that ran from West Hollywood East past Fairfax and on to Sunset Blvd and then turned South thru a short tunnel and on to Hill Street. to 16th St. The long line of cars parked out side the Car House were surplus cars left over from the abandonment of the Northern Dist. lines and some from the previously abandoned Venice Short Line. The Bev. Hills line was abandoned on September 30. 1954, leaving only the Glendale Burbank to be the last PERY line. It was abandoned June 19, 1955. I rode the last car into the Subway and thought that was end of the attempt to bring Rapid Transit. I am glad I lived long enough to see the revival of real Rapid Transit." Alan Weeks (Photos) June 3, 2015
