H. L. Kelson Photo, Craig Rasmussen Collection, Jack Finn Collection
A trio of Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1370) roll southbound on the Four Tracks section of the Southern Division in 1944. This image was taken by Harley Kelso, a Southern Pacific fireman.
H. L. Kelso Photo
Jack Finn Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
Jack Finn Collection, Joe Moir Collection, Craig Rasmussen Collection
Pacific Electric interurbans pause for passengers (led by unit no. 1137) while construction crews labor on the erection of the Firestone Blvd. Viaduct on the Four Tracks Line in the Southern Division in 1935. This was a WPA project.
Jack Finn Collection via Joe Moir Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
George Chope Photo, Craig Rasmussen Collection, Jack Finn Collection
A trio of Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1217) roll past 95th Street in this action shot from the Southern Division taken on February 22, 1948. Graham Yard is to the left of this image.
George Chope Photo
Jack Finn Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
Robert Loewing Photo, Jack Finn Collection, Craig Rasmussen Collection
Pacific Electric interurban no. 314 pauses at Watts as part of Long Beach Limited service on the Southern Division in 1949. Photographer Robert Loewing was a motorman with the Pacific Electric, starting in 1942 in mainly the Western District; he ultimately retired from the RTD around 1981.
Robert Loewing Photo
Jack Finn Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
Jack Finn Collection
Pacific Electric interurban no. 329 (decorated during wartime for the United States Maritime Commission) pauses to let an Army officer disembark in North Long Beach, probably in 1946. Note the "Jeeps for Civilian Use" billboard in the background - "place your order now!"
Jack Finn Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
Stuart A. Liebman Photo, Craig Rasmussen Collection, Jack Finn Collection
Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1407 speeds through North Long Beach at Willow Street on its way to downtown Los Angeles as part of PE's regular mail service between Long Beach and LA.
Stuart A. Liebman Photo
Jack Finn Collection
Craig Rasmussen Collection
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