PERYHS Archives

This undated image shows a gathering of Pacific Electric officials at San Pedro, California, in about 1947, which may be the press event for the unveiling of Pacific Electric no. 300 [...]

This image comes to us through the courtesy of Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography, who uncovered it at a sale in an old photo album. It’s an undated image taken on the waiting benches [...]

By Ralph Cantos PE no. 4514 poses for the camera, fresh from the Torrance paint shop, on October 1, 1946. This is a very rare shot, as the 4514 would never see service with this number. Just two [...]

By Ralph Cantos After the very unpopular 1947 Los Angeles Transit Lines abandonment of the H line, the City Of Los Angeles paved over unneeded rails of the well constructed line including [...]

Part 2 of KCET and USC’s look at Incline Railways in Los Angeles focuses on Mount Washington – it’s absolutely terrific, so set aside a few minutes to watch it closely. Great [...]

By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Railway car no. 543 swings off of Country Club Drive onto Olympic Blvd. heading for its terminal at Mullen Street – directly across from Los Angeles High School [...]

By Ralph Cantos In this photo, you can see the trolley wire protector that spans the overhead. These protectors were everywhere there was streetcar or trolley coach overhead. Believe it or not, [...]

L.T. Gotchy shot this image of a 1918 GMC Model 16, ¾-ton wooden flare-board express bodied truck back on March 16, 1941 atop Echo Mountain. The vehicle is facing north along the Alpine Division [...]

The Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society is extremely gratified by the gifting of key rail artifacts from the Gordon Bachlund Collection. These items will be part of the on-display [...]

Here’s a fascinating silent film rescued and preserved by Archive.org (a great site, go check it out!) showing Los Angeles in the late 1940s. We asked Ralph Cantos, LA traction expert, to [...]