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Description
Limited edition of
243.02
1945/48
White 798 (Pacific Electric 2220-2289; 2380-2394; 3000-3024 series).
Pacific
Electric was a very good Customer of White buses, PE bought 284 White
788a and 798s at all between 1940 and 1948, and they were used for most
of the system's base service in the late 1940s. Post-war deliveries of
798 model includes 15 coaches of 2380-2394 series in 1945, 70 coaches
of 2220-2289 series in 1946-1947 and 25 coaches of 3000-3024 series in
May-June 1948, buses delivered from 1946 were fitted with hydraulic transmissions.
Also, 28 Whites were transferred to PE fleet in 1949 when Los Angeles
Motor Coach Co. was disbanded. All Pacific Electric White 798s (with exception
of the war-time coaches) had a Zebra mohair seat upholstry.
Scale 1:48
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35
243.02-1
1945/48
White 798 (Pacific Electric 2220-2289; 2380-2394; 3000-3024 series) -
PE "teardrop" livery.
After
1950-51 some Pacific Electric White buses were repainted in the new red
and silvery "teardrop" livery to match new GM diesels.
Scale 1:48
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25
243.02-2
1946/48
White 798 (Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority 2220-2289; 3000-3024
series).
The
Pacific Electric White 798s were taken to the Metropolitan Coach Lines
roster in 1953 when Pacific Electric sold its passenger operations, both
rail and buses and received a new two-tone green and white livery. In
March 1958 the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) took
over all operations of Los Angeles Transit Lines and Metropolitan Coach
Lines and all hydrotorque-equipped White 798s were taken to the LAMTA
stock.
Scale 1:48
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