PERYHS Archives

The Los Angeles Railway’s Descanso, a specialized funeral car which operated from 1909-1924. Note the hatch opening underneath the oval window for the stowing of a casket. The Descanso [...]

By Ralph Cantos By the mid-1940s, more than 600 single end PCCs had been delivered and were in service across the USA. Most of the nearly identical air-electric PCCs had been built by the St. [...]

From Terry Salmans, who discovered this amazing image at the Library of Congress digital image archive, is the headquarters building of the Pacific Electric, circa 1910-1911. Taken by the Detroit [...]

Here’s a never-before-seen image of Los Angeles MTA PCC no. 3148 at the 6th and Main Terminal on February 26, 1960, as part of the MTA’s “operational tests” of potentially [...]

It’s September 7, 1947, and the Railroad Boosters Trip #57 (Orange Empire) is well underway as Pacific Electric units nos. 1217, 1242, and 1375 are lined up at the Upland PE depot in this [...]

By Ralph Cantos This publicity photograph taken on the north bound lanes of the Cahuenga Pass was staged for all to behold. Pacific Electric proclaimed that a new era in transportation had [...]

From transit fan CJ Milch comes this image and the following description: It’s obviously at 6th and Main terminal on the northern side of the back elevated structure. Apparently a few [...]

From Pacific Electric fan Terry Salmans comes this discovery from the First American Historical Archive. The following was written by Terry: The postcard photo appears to have been taken during [...]

By Ralph Cantos The postcard images depicted here show the Cahuenga Pass over a 45-year span. The image above shows the Pacific Electric’s car tracks in the center of the then-called [...]

Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1651 and its operator sit pole down at an unknown location in this undated photo. Paul Koehler Collection