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George Powell was the Superintendent of Maintenance for SCRTD. Stephen Schwarzwald worked for George.
George is responsible for the #7103 – Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) becoming the first acquisition of the Pacific Bus Museum.
George Powell’s Career
George Powell came to Los Angeles in 1945 to help with preparations for the takeover of The Los Angeles Railway by the National City Lines management. The new operation would become known as Los Angeles Transit Lines.
Between 1945 and 1947, when LATL formally came into being, George studied LA Railway’s operations and facilities with an eye toward their further development. Powell also oversaw the retirement of the trolley coaches and the introduction of a standardized motorcoach fleet.
Rising to the position of director of maintenance, George’s input in the area of transit coach design resulted on some “LA only” products. The FIxible SCRTD 7100 series is example of this, and PBM’s 7103 restoration will be a terrific memorial.
A Sad Obituary
Our longtime member, and mechanical guru, George Powell died on December 2. In mid October, George had been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Following his retirement from SCRTD, George founded Huntington Park based Western Diesel Electric, an enterprise which his son, Tom, is committed to continuing.
Tremendously respected by many of our members, George had a particular affinity for solving antique motorcoach repair problems… In tribute to George, our museum has decided to launch memorial restoration project…
#7103 became one of the first buses of the newly formed Pacific Bus Museum in 1989 when it was split off from the West Coast Motor Coach Museum.
2-Speed Automatic, Automatic, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Flxible, Perkins, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Spicer, Transit, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
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Flxible, Greyhound, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, San Francisco SF MUNI, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)
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Uncategorized
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Ford, Great Southern Coaches, Greyhound, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Sunset Stages
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AM General, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Peerless Stages, Scenic Hyway Tours
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Greyhound, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Peerless Stages, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
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Flxible, Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL), Mack, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
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Glendale City Lines, Pasadena City Lines, West Coast Motor Coach Museum, Western Transit Society (WTS)
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Fageol, Knoxville City Lines, Twin Coach, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
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Member count reaches 120
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Ford, Key System, Peninsula Charter Lines, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), West Coast Motor Coach Museum
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This Month’s New Members
Asbury Rapid Transit System, Flxible, Fresno City Lines, Gardena Municipal Bus Lines, Golden Gate Transit, Guiton Charter, Knoxville City Lines, Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL), Mack, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Pacific Electric, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Twin Coach, Valley Transit Lines, Western Transit Society (WTS), White Motors
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Anzac California Tours, Decamp Bus Lines, Hudson Bus Lines, Knoxville City Lines, Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL), Mack, Market Street Railway, Motor Bus Society, New Jersey Shortline, Orange Empire Trolley Museum, Pacific Electric, Peerless Stages, San Francisco SF MUNI, Twin Coach, Valley Transit Lines, Western Transit Society (WTS), White Motors, Yellow Coach builder
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West Coast Motor Coach Museum, Western Transit Society (WTS)
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