Posted by Mike --Previous Message-- Enough to bring a tear to your eye...
on 1/22/2006, 7:10 am, in reply to "The Tunnel"
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: I grew up in Glendale in the 40's and 50's.
: Mom and I rode the "streetcar" (as
: we called it) many times to go to downtown
: L.A. I remember going through the tunnel
: like it was yesterday and remember counting
: the lights in the tunnel as we passed them.
: My dad used that route to go to work as he
: worked in the Hall of Justice Bldg. in L.A.
: What a wonderful bunch of memories looking
: through your site. Thank you
:
It's so sad that memories of riding the PE cars to the Glendale YMCA and to downtown have been reduced to a graffiti ridden, blocked off tunnel and a derelict sub-station. This was the era that GM was pushing their diesel and electric busses, and LA got sucked into abandoning the PE for them.
I too, remember the trip through the tunnel; squinting my eyes in hope of seeing more of the 'inner-workings', the breath-taking ride across the LA river at Glendale Blvd, and the beauty of the downtown terminal.
Mike
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