Blogging.la » maryland special http://blogging.la Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:09:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Archiving Angeles (AA): The Maryland Special http://blogging.la/2009/09/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-maryland-special/ http://blogging.la/2009/09/25/archiving-angeles-aa-the-maryland-special/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:42:31 +0000 Jason Burns http://la.metblogs.com/?p=34458 marylandspecial

It was a special kind of streetcar. One whose sole purpose was to ferry passengers between the Maryland hotel in Pasadena, and Virginia hotel in Long Beach. It was the fastest car in the Pacific Electric fleet, clocking in at 109mph.

It was the Maryland Special. The year was 1900.


Photo from the USC Digital Library

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