PACIFIC ELECTRIC LINES STREET CAR TROLLEY BUS BADGE

Description

PACIFIC ELECTRIC LINES Another rarity in badge collecting.
The  badge is made of nickel-plated brass by BASTIAN BROS CO ROCHESTER NY, has a single threaded post and measures approx. 2½” x 2¼”. Some of the plating is worn, especially on the back where the thumbnut was screwed on and off.
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. Postage is a flat rate of .70 for
Priority Mai
l, which will be insured.
Some added information about the
PACIFIC ELECTRIC LINES
The
Pacific Electric Railway
was created in 1901 by railroad executive Henry E. Huntington. (Huntington was vice president of
Southern Pacific Railroad
, which was operated by his uncle, Collis P. Huntington.) Beginning in 1911, the system’s famous
Red Cars
ran in Southern California and by the 1920s was the largest electric railway system in the world.
Rail Pacific Electric Rail & Motor Coach Lines
consisted of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and operated in the city centers of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, thereby connecting cities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County.