Northern District

Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA, ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1815 moves along San Pedro Street (at 8th Street) as part of a railfan special; according to Alan Weeks, railfans would often use [...]

Dignitaries celebrate the introduction of new motor coach service to Monrovia and Glendora as part of the Pacific Electric’s abandonment of rail service in the Northern Division. Alan Weeks [...]

Railfans pose for a group shot on a Pacific Electric streetcar at the 6th and Main Street Station sometime in the 1950s. Modified based on comments Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 024 outfitted for service on the Triangle Trolley Trip poses with its motorman and conductor. Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 03 outfitted for Tilton’s Trolley Trips (“100 miles for 100 cents”) poses with its conductor and motorman outside Mission San Gabriel. Alan Weeks [...]

An early view of downtown Los Angeles construction of streetcar tracks. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1137 to Pasadena is flanked by streetcar no. 738 at the Pacific Electric headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 369 from Long Beach arrives inside the terminal at the base of the Pacific Electric headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Number 304 from Pasadena is at the right, [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1244 pulls into Baldwin Park (at Maine Street) to the delight of waiting passengers. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1209 eastbound for Los Angeles passes El Monte Tower. Modified per comments Jack Finn Collection