PERYHS Archives

  Pacific Electric interurban no. 1133 heads inbound on the Oak Knoll Line to Huntington Drive in this Northern District image dated October 7, 1950.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

  Pacific Electric electric switcher no. 1322 pulls a string of flatcars being used by the dismantling crew removing rail from the Oak Knoll Line. This image was captured at Oak Knoll Avenue [...]

  Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 611 turns off of Colorado Blvd. and onto Eagle Rock Blvd. in this shot captured April 17, 1948.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

  Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 1443 heads westbound at Colorado Blvd. and Mt. Royal Avenue in Eagle Rock. The date is February 29, 1948.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

  Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 1439 at Colorado Blvd. and Townsend Avenue in Eagle Rock on October 21, 1947.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

  Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 1444 is captured at Colorado & Townsend Avenues in Eagle Rock on October 21, 1947.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

  Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 1439 captured at the Colorado Blvd. & Townsend Ave. Terminal. The date is October 21, 1947.   Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Here’s a terrific “walking tour” by of the old Pacific Electric right-of-way that will become the new Expo Line. From the filmmaker Bendix5:

  This is an original press release from of the Pacific Electric Railway taken by Fotograms of New York on May 17, 1923.    Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection  

  Railfans participating in the Electrical Railway Historical Association (ERHA) last run service on Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC car no. 3003 are captured in this candid [...]