PERYHS Archives

By Ralph Cantos The postcard images depicted here show the Cahuenga Pass over a 45-year span. The image above shows the Pacific Electric’s car tracks in the center of the then-called [...]

Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1651 and its operator sit pole down at an unknown location in this undated photo. Paul Koehler Collection

Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1653 pauses at Highland as Arrowhead Water Company tank cars are filled at the source, prior to the long journey back to the bottling facility in Los [...]

By Ralph Cantos This tattered old photograph taken in January 1912 depicts the civic and cooperate pride in the grand breaking ceremonies associated with the extension of “modern light [...]

A view of the Pacific Electric Station in Wilmington circa 1948 featuring Pacific Electric blimp no. 431 and a White Bus picking up passengers at the adjacent corner bus stop. Paul Koehler Collection

By Ralph Cantos Near-new Los Angeles Railway PCC no. 3011 swings off of Larchmont Boulevard onto West 3rd Street in this 1939 photo. LARY was very proud of their new PCCs. LARY got the 4th order [...]

Pacific Electric Watts Car House is shown hosting the maintenance of Pacific Electric switcher no. 1621 and Southern Pacific Electro-Motive diesel switcher no. 4618 circa 1955. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Coach Lines no. 1524 westbound on Ocean Avenue and Golden Shore, is seen here turning into Morgan Yard on April 9, 1960. Bruce Ward Image, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society [...]

Railfan excursion on Metropolitan Coach Lines 498 at East Olympic Blvd at Hooper Ave on May 24th, 1958. Bruce Ward Photograph, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority blimp no. 312, southbound at the Lynwood station on January 28, 1956. Craig Rasmussen Collection