PERYHS Archives

From Alan Weeks: My Friend Tony, conductor for Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1245 on the N Line, paused at Sunset and Main Streets. The date is August 25, 1950. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

By Ralph Cantos I took this faded photo with my little KODAK box camera on the afternoon of June 7, 1959 at the rear of the Watts car barn. The occasion was the second part of an ERHA fan trip. [...]

Notes on back of print: LA285960 Many Injured in Los Angeles Car Strike. Photo shows a wire screen which have been placed on the front and rear ends of all Los Angeles, Calif. Railway Street Cars [...]

Notes on back of print: RUNAWAY STREET CAR INJURED EIGHT. Eight persons were injured when this street car careened down a steep hill out of control, in Los Angeles, Calif, Feb 8th, and left the [...]

By Ralph Cantos In the image above, PE’s San Berdoo 1221 rolls along towards San Pedro Station on March 5, 1948. The 1221 is working the local “Long Beach – San Pedro [...]

By Ralph Cantos This tranquil scene at Pacific Electric’s Burbank Yard belies the sad fact that the end has come, prematurely I might add, to PE’s Glendale-Burbank modern light rail [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1294 pauses at the passenger shelter at Broadway and 116th Street in this undated photo on the 7 Line. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1439 on 5 Line service is photographed at Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue. The image is undated. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1285 is captured in stunning detail by photographer Alan K. Weeks in this undated photo at the corner of Eagle Rock and Colorado Boulevards. The 1285 is on 5 Line [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1428 is photographed at speed rolling down the private right-of-way that existed on Eagle Rock Boulevard. 1428 is in 5 Line service here. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan [...]