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2601 at Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris CA.
2601 was one of two experimental, lightweight, center door cars built in the late 1920s. 2601 had Westinghouse control, 2602 had GE.
They were supposed to be the first of a new breed of car, but the Great Depression took care of that.
They had automatic acceleration controllers and variable load brakes, and handled much differently than any of the other cars.
(I know how they handled, because in the days of fantrips that I rode, I often got to operate the cars, as did many other riders. Those LATL motormen were generous with their operating space).
They had faux leather seats, were low, rode lazily, and like the 2501 stayed on the 7 line, for the same reason.
Caption comment by Ken Harrison; photo courtesy the Joe Testagrose collection
