Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3049 is captured at ground level in this dramatic shot dated April 1962.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
3049 at Ground Level
498 Fan Trip
Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 498 rolls probably on the West Basin route to San Pedro on the Southern Division in this undated photo.
Modified based on comments
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
1807 Fan Trip
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) car no. 1807 rolls down the Southern District’s Long Beach Line in Compton on a fan trip in November 1959.
Modified based on comments
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
3101 Fan Trip
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3101 pauses while on a V Line fan trip in February of 1963.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
LARy Streetcar Bell
The following was sent to us by a PERyHS.org visitor whose family has had this bell in their possession since the late 1940s.
In or about 1946 my wife’s uncle came to live with her family in Whittier when he returned from the war. It is my understanding that my wife’s uncle acquired the bell when some of the Los Angeles Railway older streetcars were being scrapped. Continue reading
1111 in Snow at San Marino
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1111 rolls through a winter wonderland on the Oak Knoll Line at Old Mill Road in San Marino on January 11, 1949.
Harold F. Stewart Photo, Stan Kistler Collection
410 and 628 at Sierra Vista
Pacific Electric blimps lead by no. 410, part of a Rose Parade Extra, pass through Sierra Vista as car no. 628 bound for Watts idles at a switch on a nearby track. The date is January 1, 1951.
Harold F. Stewart Photo, Stan Kistler Collection
363 at Forest Avenue and Lincoln
Pacific Electric car no. 363 (and its beaming motorman) roll through the corner of Forest Avenue and Lincoln on the Pasadena Lincoln Avenue Line on June 20, 1940.
Harold F. Stewart Photo, Stan Kistler Collection
006 at Oneonta Park
Pacific Electric supply car no. 006 pulls into Oneonta Park in December of 1938.
Harold F. Stewart Photo, Stan Kistler Collection
1012 at Temple City Station
Pacific Electric interurbans, including no. 1012, rest at Temple City Station, located between Kaufman and Golden West on Las Tunas Drive. The date is November 2, 1941.
Harold F. Stewart Photo. Stan Kistler Collection