LARy-525

Cars 525 and 665 are representatives of the Los Angeles Railway's largest class of streetcars, the Type B or "Huntington Standard". Designed by the L.A. Railway in 1902, this class of wood-bodied city cars bore the name of the system's owner, Henry E. Huntington (of Huntington Library, Beach and Drive fame). This was the type of car that Los Angeles grew up with; at one time there were 747 of them roaming the streets of L.A. They frequently appeared as backdrops in Hollywood films, including the well-known Laurel and Hardy and Keystone Cops two-reel comedies.

Car 525 had a particularly long career in Los Angeles, serving 49 years until its retirement in 1955. It was the last wooden streetcar to operate in Los Angeles.

As seen in the photographs below, LARy 525 is presently undergoing restoration in Carhouse Three.