Pacific Electric no. 1621 and her crew handle switching duties at State Street Yard in Los Angeles. Note what we now call Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (“General Hospital”) looming in the background. This image is dated 1945.
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Early color stock (1945) in this dramatic image of Pacific Electric nos. 1619 and 1629 coupled to what appears to be a Pacific Electric wooden caboose. A crew member hustles back to 1629 with 1930s-vintage automobiles in the background of Macy Street Yards.
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More early color stock (1945) with this image of Pacific Electric no. 1612 in basic black at Macy Street Yards.
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More early color stock (1945) with this image of Pacific Electric freight motor no. 1611 at Macy Street Yards in Los Angeles.
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It’s Macy Street Yards and Pacific Electric freight locomotives nos. 1604 and 1608 are awaiting their next assignment. It’s 1945 per the image information, making this a very early color image of the pair.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1545 is captured in this dramatic nighttime shot (with star filters) at 6th and Main Street Station in downtown Los Angeles. Service will be to Long Beach, per the dash sign. The date is February 18, 1961.
Pacific Electric steeplecab switcher no. 1544 is photographed coupled to a Southern Pacific outside-braced boxcar and an ominous stack of recovered rail – an indication of line abandonments and removals. The image is undated.
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Ex-Pacific Electric blimp no. 1543 in its ghastly MTA redesigned livery is captured in this moody nighttime shot taken March 3, 1961 somewhere in Long Beach.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1522 rests at a passenger platform on the elevated section of 6th and Main Street Station in downtown Los Angeles. The date is March 27, 1961. 1522 is part of “Express Long Beach” service, per its dash sign.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps roll up San Pedro Street on their way to the 6th and Main Street Station after completing a round trip to Long Beach. No. 1522 trails an unidentified blimp plus the LAMTA (ex-LATL) PCC car just ahead in this image dated March 13, 1961.
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