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Eastern Cities Transit (SCRTD files)
55-DPGTL
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library and Archives
Title: Southern California Rapid Transit District files on Eastern Cities Transit
Creator:
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Identifier/Call Number: 55-DPGTL
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1944 - 1974
Date (bulk): 1971 - 1974
Language of Material: English
Abstract: This collection focuses on the 1971 acquisition of Eastern Cities Transit, a small private bus company serving East Los Angeles,
by the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD).
Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact LACMTA Research Library and Archive to make an appointment.
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LACMTA Research Library and Archive collections.
[Identification of item], SCRTD files on Eastern Cities Transit, 55-DPGTL. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority Research Library and Archive.
Eastern Cities Lines and Blue & White Bus Lines files were transferred to the SCRTD archives by Wayne Reinecke in the Planning
Department on August 26, 1983, on the advice of Director of Schedules and Operations Planning Steve Parry. SCRTD was merged
into LACMTA in 1993.
Processed by Noah Geraci with assistance from Angel Diaz; January 2016.
Eastern Cities Transit was a privately owned bus company operating local service in East Los Angeles from 1949-1971. It was
initially known as Belvedere Transit, Inc. SCRTD acquired the financially struggling company and assumed control of operations
on September 1, 1971. Lines operating at the time of the acquisition were Kern Ave. Line 140, Ford Blvd. Line 141, and City
Terrace Line 142, as well as school bus service.
This collection consists of reports, memos, notes, and other records related to the 1971 acquisition of Eastern Cities Transit
by SCRTD and operations immediately following the acquisition, as well as SCRTD’s purchase and sale of Eastern Cities facilities
at 4534 Floral Drive in East Los Angeles.
This collection has been arranged in original order wherever possible. Many items in this collection were part of reports
or study files compiled by SCRTD so original order tends to be topical rather than chronological. Where original order was
unclear, material has been arranged chronologically and by function. The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Operations, 1971 - 1974
- Employees, 1964 - 1971
- Real Estate, 1944 - 1972
- Ephemera, circa 1960s - 1971
45-DPGTL, SCRTD files on Blue and White Bus Company of Watts
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Local transit -- Mergers -- East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Local Transit -- California -- Los Angeles County
Buses -- East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Industrial real estate -- East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Eastern Cities Transit