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Original delivery LARy PCC yellow over yellow Los Angeles Type P-1 narrow-gauge PCC (3001-3095 series)
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast resin streetcar model. (Narrow gauge car, can NOT be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track, unpowered.) Incredible NEW model of the LOS ANGELES RAILWAY Company's President's Conference Car (PCC). In August 1936 Los Angeles Railway ordered 60 PCC cars from St.Louis Car Co. (Job 1606). LARy split its equipment order between the two major electrical suppliers: the first 20 cars (3001-3020) were to have Westinghouse motors and control and remaining fourty cars (3021-3060) were GE-equipped. First two cars, 3001 and 3002 arrived in Los Angeles in March 1937 and on March 23, these two cars, shrouded in white canvas, were unveiled by Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw and child film star Shirley Temple, in a ceremony in front of City Hall. The PCC cars bore a new paint scheme with chrome yellow below the belt rail and lemon yellow above the belt rail. The narrow-gauge Los Angeles Railway required a totally different truck, produced by Clark Equipment Co. and called B-1. In mid-June another batch of cars arrived and on July 26 the first eight PCC cars went into regular service on the P Line. Public reaction to these modern cars was very favorable and in April 1937 (the month after the initial introduction), the LARy placed another order to St.Louis Car Co. for 100 more PCC cars. (Later reduced to 35 cars, delivered in September-November 1938.) They were numbered 3061-3095 and were similar to cars of the first order. This group of cars was GE-equipped. Type P cars were operated with two men from May 1939 to August 1941 and were known as class P-1 when Los Angeles citizens voted to require two-man operation on all local street car lines. Cars 3001 and 3002 had their windshield slope accentuated soon after delivery to cut down on glare, so please use car numbers 3003-3095 for orders.
Models are custom built to order, 100% pre-paid, no refunds. Please allow up to a year for delivery. Order your car today... $335.00 and worth every penny!
Note: to order more than one car with different numbers or destinations simply "dial-up" your first car and press "ADD" then change the drop-downs for the second car and press "ADD" again, and so forth...
Los Angeles Transit Lines paint scheme on type P1 PCC Los Angeles Type P-1 narrow-gauge PCC (3001-3095 series)
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast resin streetcar model. (Narrow gauge car, can NOT be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track, unpowered.) Incredible NEW model of the LOS ANGELES RAILWAY Company's President's Conference Car (PCC). (See early history above.) In 1945 the Huntington family sold their Los Angeles Railway to National City Lines. Soon thereafter NCL (incorporated local as the Los Angeles Transit Lines) repainted the LARy fleet in their white/green/orange "fruit salad" color scheme.
Models are custom built to order, 100% pre-paid, no refunds. Please allow up to a year for delivery. Order your car today... $335.00 and worth every penny!
Note: to order more than one car with different numbers or destinations simply "dial-up" your first car and press "ADD" then change the drop-downs for the second car and press "ADD" again, and so forth...
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit paint scheme on type P1 PCC Los Angeles Type P-1 narrow-gauge PCC (3001-3095 series)
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast resin streetcar model. (Narrow gauge car, can NOT be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track, unpowered.) Incredible NEW model of the LOS ANGELES RAILWAY Company's President's Conference Car (PCC). (See early history above.)
In March 1958 the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) took over all operations of LATL and Metropolitan Coach Lines. The first PCC car to receive the new two-tone green livery with white roof, was #3075. (26 P-class PCCs remained in the old LATL livery until the end of the trolley operation March 31st 1963. By 1958 the front and back ends of the drip rails (over the doors and rear end) were removed, a vent hole with metal cover was cut into the left front corner of the car and new style windshield wipers were installed. Because of the company's superb maintenance practices, many P-class cars were sold to Cairo Egypt.
LARy type P-1 car in Cairo.
  ex-LARy type P-1 car in service in Cairo
Models are custom built to order, 100% pre-paid, no refunds. Please allow up to a year for delivery. Order your car today... $335.00 and worth every penny!
Note: to order more than one car with different numbers or destinations simply "dial-up" your first car and press "ADD" then change the drop-downs for the second car and press "ADD" again, and so forth...
LAMTA crying trolley Los Angeles Type P-1 narrow-gauge PCC (3001-3095 series)
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast resin streetcar model. (Narrow gauge car, can NOT be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track, unpowered.) Incredible NEW model of the LOS ANGELES RAILWAY Company's President's Conference Car (PCC). (See early history above.)
The system's second PCC No. 3002 was specially decorated to commemorate the final abandonment and it was known as the "Crying Trolley". It was destined for preservation at Travel Town, but finally was sold to Cairo, Egypt.
Models are custom built to order, 100% pre-paid, no refunds. Please allow up to a year for delivery. Order your car today... $335.00 and worth every penny!
Note: to order more than one car with different numbers or destinations simply "dial-up" your first car and press "ADD" then change the drop-downs for the second car and press "ADD" again, and so forth...

The St Petersburg Pacific Electric PCC models have officially ended their production run. Limited availability to ERHA members is still possible. After you place an order for one of the following models we will contact the craftsmen in Russia and find out if your desired model can still be built and how long it might take for delivery. Then we will send you a confirming email. There may also be a surcharge for certain models and options. In any case, 4-6 months is a typical wait time for one of these hand crafted models.

Original Pacific Electric Red & Orange with Pullman Green roof before the 'antlers' were installed by PE
1940-42 Regular 'PE' Livery Cars
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast resin streetcar model. (Can be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track, unpowered.) Incredible NEW model of the PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY Company's President's Conference Car (PCC). Built in 1940 by the Pullman Standard Company of Worcester, this car type was unique to Los Angeles. ERHA arranged to send the Pullman Company's original drawings to Russia along with period color chips, artwork and direct copies of the front and side destination curtains to insure that these are the most accurate models ever made of the 'PE' PCCs! Models are custom built to order, 100% pre-paid, no refunds. Please allow up to a year for delivery. Order your car today... $335.00 and worth every penny!
Note: to order a two or three car train with different car numbers simply "dial-up" your first car and press "ADD" then change the drop-downs for the second car and press "ADD" again, and so forth...
Most typical destination pair is GLENDALE-BURBANK at one end with SUBWAY TERMINAL at the other.
WWII gray roof, simplified roof stripe
1943-44 Regular 'PE' Livery Cars
Dark blue with cream and white lettering
1942 'Fly For Navy' Livery
Dark blue with cream and white lettering
1944 'Join the WAVES' Livery
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
After 1952 refurbishing
1952-59 Regular 'PE' Livery Cars

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