San Diego Electric Railway
Class 2 car built by St.Louis Car Co. in 1914, pulling out of Imperial & 16th St. carhouse during WW2 headed for a trip to Consolidated Aircraft Co.Parts Plant (sign in left window.) This company made B-24s during the war and was located on the old route to Mission Beach off Kettner Blvd. The need for service to this and other plants in the vicinity, prompted SDERy to relay track on Kettner Blvd. that was pulled out after the beach lines ended in 1940. A  4 track terminal was built beside the Santa Fe RR at Witherby St.off Kettner Blvd. The plant ran 24 hours a day during the war and each shift change required streetcars from all the routes to come there for it. They brought people to work and took the new shift home.
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