Southern District

Three-car train at Watts switches onto the Bellflower line, May 23, 1958, the last weekday rush hour service prior to abandonment of passenger service on this line. Stephen Dudley Photo, Stephen [...]

By Ralph Cantos This photo, taken by the late Jerry Squire, is from the Andy Goddard mega-collection. PCC 3148, St. Louis Car Co. class of 1948, rolls south at Watts in the early evening haze. [...]

By Ralph Cantos This tranquil 1956 photo at 6th & Main Street Station, once the hub of Pacific Electric’s comprehensive Northern and Southern District rail operations, belies the dire [...]

Los Angeles MTA blimp no. 1538 is photographed heading eastbound on East Olympic Boulevard at Ceres Avenue in February of 1961. Dash signs reads Long Beach, with connections for Wilmington San [...]

By Ralph Cantos This 8×10 photograph from the Craig Rasmussen collection shows “Butterfly 12” no. 1221 rolling along towards San Pedro Station on March 5, 1948. In as much as the [...]

From the Jack Finn collection comes this image of Pacific Electric no. 1498 in around 1954 at the Torrance Shops. It’s being loaded onto a lowboy trailer for transport to Travel Town, as [...]

Ed Fleming is back with an absolutely amazing video he just produced, entitled “The Last Wig-Wag Signal, Anaheim, California.” This one is a MUST-WATCH-NOW! Enjoy!

By Ralph Cantos The last day of regular service was a very sad day for me. For several months I had been getting petitions signed by rail passengers to prevent abandonment — petitions given to me [...]

From the Jack Finn Collection comes this image of Pacific Electric no. 1054 powering past Municipal Power & Light, possibly in San Pedro, in a photo that is circa 1945. Jack Finn Collection

By Ralph Cantos When the first Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) took over the operations of the Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) and Metropolitan Coach Lines [...]