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1439 at the Division 4 Yard on October 15 1957.
Al was a motorman for LATL, and often operated our charter cars. He later became a dreaded supervisor, and ultimately rose to a position in the main office of LATL/LAMTA.
He was dearly loved by all of us. He was a character. Once, on Spring St. in downtown, a LOL boarded and asked him if it was a 7 car.
He carefully helped her down the steps, looked at the roof sign with her, read the dash sign with her, and concluded, Yes, maam, I believe it is. Lazear Israel was riding with me at the time.
Caption data from Ken Harrison; Al Styffe photo courtesy the Joe Testagrose collection
