red car

Noun

Meaning

(historical, informal) A streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.
My father used to talk about how you could take a red car just about anywhere in the Los Angeles area.

(historical) The entire now-defunct corporation and system of the Pacific Electric Railway.
The red car operated from 1901–1961.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red,‎ car.

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