Two unidentified young men shake hands before Pacific Electric interurban no. 1051 wearing Torrance destination signs.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
1051 Handshake in Torrance
Dominguez Tower by Charles Lawrence
Dominguez Tower as attributed to famed Pacific Electric photographer Charles Lawrence.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Number 93 in Pasadena
Number 93, wearing “Pasadena” destination boards, rolls down an unidentified Pasadena city street in this undated photo.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Number 45 on the Colorado, Los Robles, Hill & Lake Avenue Line
Number 45 on the Colorado, Los Robles, Hill & Lake Avenue Line poses with its motorman and conductor in this undated image.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Mount Lowe Railway Golden Spike Tie Pin
The 1893 Golden Spike tie pin given to Thaddeus Lowe by his workers upon the opening of the Mount Lowe Incline Railway, July 4, 1893. This was one of Lowe’s prized possessions and comes via the estate of Thaddeus Lowe, Jr., and gifted to the Mount Lowe Preservation Society by Lowe’s heirs.
Steve Crise Photo, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Mount Lowe Railway Artifacts
A group of Mount Lowe artifacts acquired over the year by Vic McVey, including a piece of a railroad tie from either the Alpine Division or One Man and a Mule Railway, a reproduction of the Mount Lowe Railway / Pacific Electric Railway logo, a sample section of the OM&M Railway narrow gauge track, a railroad spike, a piece of the overhead trolley wire, a square nail and copper wire. This piece will be in the upcoming show at the Pasadena Museum of History, running from August 18th through January 13.
Vic McVey Collection, donated to the Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection, Steve Crise Photo
Pacific Electric Original Watercolor Advertisement
An original Pacific Electric Railway advertisement, watercolor on board, stating “No traffic hazards or parking problem here,” making the point either the PE bus or the PE trolley is the way to get where you are going. This piece will be in the upcoming show at the Pasadena Museum of History, running from August 18th through January 13.
Steve Crise Photo, Michael Patris Collection
436 at Miller and City Terrace Drive
Looking the other way from the 1235 shot, car #436 nears the end of track at Miller and City Terrace Drive. The date is November 10, 1948.
Andy Payne Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection
1235 on the B Line
Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1235 visits the B line a week before abandonment. This was a fan trip. The B line very seldom had H class cars assigned to the line…if ever !
Ralph Cantos Collection
344 at City Terrace
Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 344 rolls through City Terrace in this March 1948 photo.
Ken Douglas Photo
Ralph Cantos Collection
From Ralph Cantos:
A nice shot taken by Ken Douglas in March of 1948. LATL had not put the Trolley Coach wires yet. That started about June of 1948. The B line was abandoned on Dec 5, 1948. I use to sit at the curb at this location for hours on end, watching the motorman change ends.