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PE 007 Supply Car Rendering by Tim Muir
A Tim Muir rendering of Pacific Electric Supply Car no. 007. Tim Muir Collection
198 on Hoover at 54th
Los Angeles Railway no. 198 rolls down Hoover at 54th Street on the F Line. Ralph Cantos Collection
67 at 6th and St. Paul
Los Angeles Railway car no. 67 pauses for passengers at the safety zone at 6th Street and St. Paul on the D Line. Ralph Cantos Collection
Ocean Park Car Barn Renderings by Tim Muir
From digital artist Tim Muir: Here are some of the 950 class cars and a lonely 600-700 class Hollywood at Ocean Park. I’ve been building these for my own use on “routes” [...]
“Down Three Dark Streets” (1954)
Broderick Crawford stars in this 1954 noir “Down Three Dark Streets,” which includes action at Subway Terminal Building and Pacific Electric PCCs, including no. 5001. From transit [...]
LARy 309 in Charley Chase’s “Rattling Romeo”
In part one, Charley Chase is seen catching Los Angeles Railway car no. 309 along 2nd Avenue in Los Angeles. Skip to 2:40 to view this segment. In part two, skip ahead to 4:34 to view another [...]
Charley Chase in “Hasty Marriage” (1931)
Forgotten early talkies comedy star Charley Chase is at his best in this 1931 Hal Roach Studios release “Hasty Marriage.” Scroll ahead to about 7:15 and you’ll see that Charley [...]
“Union Station” (1950)
From our good friend Ralph Cantos comes this great clip, from the 1950 Rudolph Maté noir “Union Station” starring William Holden. Take it away, Ralph: It was shot on the PEs 6th and [...]
Harold Lloyd in “For Heaven’s Sake” (1926)
Ralph Cantos uncovered this fantastic clip from Harold Lloyd’s 1926 blockbuster, “For Heaven’s Sake,” prominently featuring a Los Angeles Railway doubledecker bus and [...]
“Girl Shy” (1924) with Harold Lloyd
Silent cinema legend Harold Lloyd commandeers a 200-class Pacific Electric streetcar (possibly 211?) and takes it through a variety of locations on the Western-Franklin Line in Hollywood in this [...]
