SCRTD - 1974 - "Beach Bus"
Channel: metrolibrarian
Date: 31/05/2011

Beach Bus 
Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD), 1974.

Promotional video. The Southern California Rapid Transit District launched its summer "Street Fleet" in June 1974 "on four new bus lines (605, 606, 607 and 608) to carry people from different parts of Los Angeles County to Santa Monica.

The motorcoaches were specially decorated to look like submarines ...

Read more, and see more images, here:
http://metroprimaryresources.info/come-ride-with-us-on-the-rolling-submarines-of-los-angeles-scrtds-1974-street-fleet-beach-bus-service/1346/

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