A Guide to the Best of Southern California : PLACES : Remembering the Red Car
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WHILE ANGELENOS can anticipate a Metro Rail system in their future, harking back to what local travel used to be conjures up memories. In the mid-1920s, the Red Tower Car of the Pacific Electric Railway system journeyed from Los Angeles to the Newport/Balboa Pavilion. Its sole purpose: to repair any damage that may have occurred along the tracks. Nearly seven decades later, this 40-foot-long restored Red Car has become a city museum.
Established by the Seal Beach Historical and Cultural Society and open two Saturdays a month and for private showings, the Red Car Museum houses such permanent displays as rare arrowheads, grinding bowls and other unusual artifacts--made by the Gabrielino Indians--discovered in the 1930s by a group of boys playing up on the Marina hill.
The Red Car Museum, 707 Electric Ave., Seal Beach. For private showings and information, telephone (213) 431-7435.
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