5018 at Toluca Yard
Pacific Electric PCC no. 5018 is heading inbound from Burbank at Toluca Yard in this photo probably from 1955. Note the collection of units in the yard adjacent to the main – assembled for [...]
Christmas on Hollywood Boulevard
A Pacific Electric car rolls down Hollywoood Boulevard in December of 1953. Grauman’s Chinese is showing “Beneath the 12-Mile Reef” in CinemaScope. Roger Bogenberger Photo Ralph [...]
5170 in the Cahuenga Pass
Pacific Electric car no. 5170 rolls southbound for downtown in this Cahuenga Pass action shot from July 1952. Ralph Cantos Collection
In the days before Universal CityWalk
Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5180 heads southbound for Los Angeles through the Cahuenga Pass. The hillside above is the present location of Universal City. The image is dated July 1952. [...]
Crossroads of the Western District
Two Pacific Electric Hollywood cars meet at the “crossroads of the Western District” – Hollywood Boulevard and Highland – in this view looking east taken in July of 1952. [...]
5110 in Van Nuys
Pacific Electric car no. 5110 rolls along the “Central Business District” of Van Nuys in July 1952. Ralph Cantos Collection
3156 at the Hub Cafe
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC no. 3156 pauses during R Line service at the Hub Cafe in this image dated April 1962. The exact location the turnaround loop for the R Line at 1st [...]
Carnage at Terminal Island
It’s 1958 at the Terminal Island scrapyard where Los Angeles Transit Lines (and in this shot, Southern Pacific) units go to die an inglorious death. Three LATL (ex-Los Angeles Railway) [...]
1159 at Terminal Island
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1159 sits atop other units at the Terminal Island scrapyard. The image is dated November 2, 1958. L. Swanson Photo Andy Goddard Collection
“Cities of the Underworld”: Subway Terminal Building
Cable television program “Cities of the Underworld” profiles the Subway Terminal building, complete with animated re-creations of the underground rail activity and an exploration of [...]
