The A line, from circa 1940 on, operated from Fountain and Edgemont to Adams and Alsace, via Virgil, Clinton, Hoover, Temple, Hill, Venice, Burlington, Hoover, 24th to Normandie, and Adams Blvd.
In the photo below, taken in 1946, we see an A line car headed westbound on Temple Street, clattering over the Pacific Electric tracks in Glendale Blvd. The device in the front of the streetcar is an Eclipse fender. These were required on streetcars in L.A. by city regulatory bodies beginning circa World War I. They were supposed to scoop up a pedestrian who gets in the way of a streetcar.
In the next photo we're looking north up Hill Street at First. The A line car has just emerged from a tunnel bored through a part of Bunker Hill in 1909 by Los Angeles Pacific (a predecessor of Pacific Electric). There are three rails per track because this route is shared with the Pacific Electric Hollywood Blvd streetcar line. The Pacific Electric uses the same track gauge as American freight railroads. Los Angeles Railway, on the other hand, was built to a narrow gauge -- 42 inches between the rails. The spur of Bunker Hill in the background was removed in the early '50s. The Los Angeles County Law Library is now located at the left.
The next photo is at the same location, but looking down Hill Street from the hill. We see an A line car about to enter the tunnel, crossing First St.
In the next photo the streetcar at the left is on the A line, and is about to turn off of Hoover St. onto 24th St. The streetcar at the right is on the U line.
