Pacific Electric 538 Moves to Perris
By Ralph Cantos About 1962-63, as Pacific Electric no. 1001 and Los Angeles Railway cars 1160, 2601, and 1201 and other LARY equipment were being relocated from Travel Town, the 538 arrived about [...]
Pacific Electric 538 at Warner Bros. in Burbank
By Ralph Cantos Twenty years after all other 500s vanished as intact cars, Pacific Electric no. 538 awaits its next call to perform in front of movie cameras. Here she sits on a shorty section of [...]
Pacific Electric 538: Always ready for her close-up
By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric no. 538 was one of a 20 “lite interurbans” (530-549) built for the Pacific Electric Railway in 1909 by world famed St. Louis Car Co. The “Medium [...]
1299 Inspection Tour in Covina
By Charles Wherry This second photo of the series (original here) shows Southern Pacific no. 2701 and Pacific Electric no. 1299 at the Southern Pacific depot in Covina on August 23, 1946. I don’t [...]
Jackie Hadnot Wood Carving for El Pueblo
Pictured is a wood carving by artist Jackie Hadnot, who is known for his train and rail related wood-works and who was also featured on an episode with Huell Howser several years ago creating [...]
Harlan Hiney Illustration: 1208 in Covina
An original Harlan Hiney pencil drawing of Pacific Electric no. 1208 at the Covina station. Undated. From the Guy Krivanek Collection. Guy Krivanek Collection
1299 on the SP’s Covina Branch
On August 23, 1946, Southern Pacific 2-8-0 no. 2701 is preparing to depart Baldwin Park eastward over the SP’s Covina Branch with Pacific Electric office car no. 1299 in tow. The PE would [...]