Celluloid souvenir pin-back trolley trip button measuring 1.25″ in diameter from an unknown manufacturer, promoting Pacific Electric’s Old Mission Trolley Trip.
Michael Patris Collection
Celluloid souvenir pin-back trolley trip button measuring 1.25″ in diameter from an unknown manufacturer, promoting Pacific Electric’s Triangle Trolley Trip.
Michael Patris Collection
Los Angeles and Pacific Balloon Route conductor’s hat badge, cloisonne over brass, measuring 2.5″ by 2″ and made by the Pettibone Brothers Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Michael Patris Collection
Tony the Trolley Puller stands before Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1245 at the Spring and Sunset terminal on the N Line. The image is dated August 25, 1950.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines N Line streetcar no. 1243 turns from Spring Street and onto 9th Street on September 9, 1950.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines N Line streetcar no. 536 pauses at Spring and Sunset on February 22, 1948. Note the “Yee Sing Market” and “Angelus Drugs” in the background.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines N Line car no. 192 is captured at Spring and Sunset in this image from December 19, 1947.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines cars nos. 452 and 458 of N Line service sit amongst others at the Georgia Street Car House on June 19, 1948.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines cars nos. 452 and 448 of the N Line sit idle at the Georgia Street Car House on June 19, 1948.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
George Huckaby Jr., founder of the Southern California Traction Club and Owner/CEO of Custom Traxx, an HO scale model electric railway supplier, was recently appointed President/CEO of the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.
The appointment of this Los Angeles resident comes at a time when the 1,600-member museum is expanding its educational outreach through the construction of a Southern California railway history library and a permanent exhibit on the Harvey Girls, a pioneering women’s work force in the Western railroad.Continue reading