By Ralph Cantos Many post-World War II postcards showing vibrant downtown business districts across America had a tendency to include streetcars. What would any great city be without streetcars? [...]
By Alan K. Weeks I recently found this letter among my collection, long forgotten and brown with age. Many times I have wondered what made us interested in rail transit (in my case, also buses). [...]
By Ralph Cantos In this modern day and age of “low floor,” hermetically sealed, air-conditioned transit conveniences, who can dispute the classic, almost Victorian beauty of Pacific [...]
Construction of the Santa Monica Freeway is progressing rapidly as seen in this December 3rd, 1960 image by Bruce Ward. Metropolitan Transit Authority 1522 glides by the Interstate -10 overpass [...]
By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo taken on the morning of June 18, 1955 shows Pacific Electric PCCs nos. 5009 and 5017 laying over at Burbank Yard. On a “normal” weekend, at least [...]
By Ralph Cantos June 19, 1955, will live in infamy among Los Angeles rail fans and commuters. On that day, the most dastardly deed ever perpetrated on Los Angeles commuters was enacted by [...]
By Paul Ayers My father, Ray Ayers, and my uncle, Loren Ayers, were serious railfans; Loren was the photographer of the two. They somehow learned of a railfan special scheduled for the last day [...]
By Ralph Cantos Heavy rains in 1938 caused havoc all over Los Angeles and Southern California. Here, Pacific Electric Birney no. 335 sits in traction motor-high rain water on Franklin Avenue in [...]
By Ralph Cantos These 2 photos from different angles were taken on an over cast morning at 67th Street and Crenshaw Blvd. The date is Sunday, May 22, 1955, “the morning after the night [...]
By Ralph Cantos This very rare color photo of Los Angeles Railway PCC no. 3016 was taken in 1943 on West 6th Street near Westmoreland Avenue. The 3016 is eastbound on the rails of the 3 Line. [...]
