Collector's Los Angeles Bus Models
Model 224-1 (not pictured) |
St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast motor bus model. (Model 224) 1950 Twin Coach 52-S2. (PE No.2150) The Pacific Electric Railway intended to purchase 200 new buses for rail service replacement under a 1950-51 modernization program (at a cost of $7 million) so Twin Coach and General Motors supplied sample buses to the company in 1950. This large Twin model 52-S2 coach was delivered to Pacific Electric in January 1950. The PE tested it on a variety of routes as demonstrator number 2150 until November 1950 when it was purchased. PE liked the coach, it was economical and had a large capacity, however it was underpowered for most Pacific Electric routes, so the company decided not to purchase more due to its "lack of the reserve engine power" and placed an order for GM TDH-5103 coaches instead. This lone coach saw service mostly on route 52, Los Angeles-Alhambra-Temple City in 1951-53 and it was then transferred to the Sierra Vista local line in June 1953; operating on that line until the sale of the Pacific Electric passenger service to Metropolitan Coach Lines in October 1953. Order your experimental PE bus today...$295.00 Hand built to order. |
 
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St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast motor bus model. 1947 Ford Transit (Asbury Rapid Transit System 202-208 series) The independent bus operator in Los Angeles area, the Asbury Rapid Transit System, bought seven Ford Transit buses in 1946-47 (202-208 series) and added 12 more second-hand coaches from Long Beach obtained through Crown Coach (301-312 series, without center exit door). They were used mainly on the Burbank city routes. Order your Burbank bus bus today...$275.00 Hand built to order. |
  | St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:48 Scale cast trolleybus model. 1948 ACF-Brill TC-44 Trolleybus (LATL Los Angeles 9001-9040 series). The last 40 TC-44s were delivered in February and July 1948. (The standee windows of the 9000 series having blue tinted glass.) Complete history and roster. Detailed Los Angeles Transit Lines "Fruit Salad" or Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority paint schemes. This limited edition of 100 ACF Brill coaches, (50 LATL, 50 LAMTA) represents an interesting experiment in Los Angeles traction history. Order your trolley bus today...$265.00 Hand built to order, delivery from Russia has begun. |
 | St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:43 Scale cast trolleybus model. 1948 ACF-Brill T46 Trolleybus (LATL Los Angeles 9101-9130 series). Los Angeles Transit Lines inaugurated trolleybus service August 3rd 1947. 40 ACF-Brill model TC44 trolleybuses were delivered in 1945 and 1946. In 1948 and 1950 two more lines were opened and an additional 40 model TC44 and 30 model T46 vehicles were acquired also from ACF-Brill. The last trolleybus routes in Los Angeles were converted to bus operation on March 31st 1963 and in 1969 all Los Angeles trolleybuses were sold to Mexico City for further service. Complete history and roster. Detailed Los Angeles Transit Lines "Fruit Salad" paint scheme. This limited edition of 100 ACF Brill coaches represents an interesting experiment in Los Angeles traction history. Order your bus today...$225.00 Hand built to order, please allow up to a year for delivery from Russia. |
 | St.-Petersburg Tram Collection 1:43 Scale cast bus model. The Twin Coach Company of Kent, Ohio, was organized by the Fageol brothers in 1927 to produce a revolutionary dual-engined forward-control 40-passenger heavy duty transit bus. Almost 1,200 Model 40s were built between 1927 and 1934 for service all over the US. At first Twin Coach used two 4-cyl Waukesha engines but in 1928 the company switched to Hercules engines. Pacific Electric bought their first ten Model 40 buses (numbered 400-409) in 1929; they were put into service on the most heavy coach lines and ran on into the late 1930s. In all, between 1928 and 1930 thirty Model 40s were delivered to Los Angeles for the Pacific Electric and PE partner, Los Angeles Motor Coach Company. This limited edition of 50 1929 Twincoachs represent one of the very first "modern" transit buses ever put into service. Order your bus today...$225.00 Hand built to order, please up to a year for delivery from Russia; but well worth the wait! |
| Santa Monica Big Blue Bus 1:48 (we think!) Scale plastic bus model. Incredibly detailed model of North American Bus Industries new low floor coach to be delivered to Santa Monica Municipal in 2002. The City of Santa Monica themselves had the molds made for these busses in China and the detail and color are just right. These models are limited in number, order your coach today... $12.00 Temporarily SOLD OUT, please check back for more if we can get them... |  More pictures: Large Top Front Quarter Rear Quarter Large |
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 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast streetcar model. Detailed Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority paint scheme from original artwork and paint chips provided to Corgi by ERHA. This extremely limited edition PCC model represents the final car in the final paint scheme at the end of the era of streetcars in Los Angeles. Sold Out |
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Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast streetcar model. (Can be displayed on Lionel or 'O' scale track.) Fantastic Los Angeles Transit Lines paint scheme from original artwork and paint chips provided to Corgi by ERHA. This extremely limited edition PCC streetcar represents the last new streetcars to arrive in Los Angeles and the only class ordered by the Transit Lines. Sold Out |
 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast bus model. Detailed Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority paint scheme from original artwork and paint chips provided to Corgi by ERHA. This extremely limited edition GM bus represents the end for the streetcar in Los Angeles. Sold Out |
 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast bus model. Detailed Los Angeles Transit Lines "Fruit Salad" paint scheme from original artwork and paint chips provided to Corgi by ERHA. This extremely limited edition GM bus represents the beginning of the end for streetcars in Los Angeles. Sold Out |
 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast bus model. Detailed Pacific Electric paint scheme. This extremely limited edition GM bus represents the wholesale switch to diesel buses from streetcars in Los Angeles. Sold Out |
 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast bus model. Detailed Los Angeles Motor Coach paint scheme. This extremely limited edition GM bus represents the fleet of buses jointly operated by the Pacific Electric and the Los Angeles Railway. The red in the paint scheme representing the PE and the yellow representing the LARy. Sold Out |
 | Corgi 1:50 Scale die-cast bus model. Detailed Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines "fishbowl" bus. This extremely limited edition GM bus represents the workhorse of the City fleet from the first introduction of this type of coach in the late 1950s and on into the following century. Sold Out |
