Butte Street Yard and Clement Junction Tower
A smorgasbord of Southern Pacific diesel power plus one electric locomotive, brought in a long freight to Butte Street Yard to be broken up into individual trains. It is shown here passing [...]
Steeple Cab 1599
Pacific Electric no. 1599 was built by the PE shops as a sister engine to no. 1600. This locomotive also received the bucket seats on each side in 1933. This engine also spend most of its life [...]
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Posted Box Motor 1445
Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 poses at 8th Street Yard with motorman J. F. Biddle (in jumper), conductor C. W. Lucas (center), and conductor R. L. Bruce (right). Mount Lowe Preservation [...]
Gas-Electric 1501
Pacific Electric gas-electric locomotive no. 1501 was one of two engines built by General Electric to be used on the docks of Long Beach and San Pedro that were not under wire. Donald Duke Collection
Steeple Cab 1544
Pacific Electric steeple cab locomotive no. 1544. Donald Duke Collection
Steeple Cab 1551
Pacific Electric wood steeple cab locomotive no. 1551 was built in the Los Angeles & Redondo Shops in 1908 and acquired by Huntington. She was used as a switcher at the 7th and Alameda Shops [...]
112 on the East Long Beach Line
Local car no. 112 on the East Long Beach Line rolls past the joint Pacific Electric – Southern Pacific freight house located on the Newport Beach – Balboa Line. Ralph Melching Photo [...]
379 La Rambla
Pacific Electric Birney no. 379 on the La Rambla line in San Pedro. Ralph Melching Photo Donald Duke Collection
348 at Seaside Park
Pacific Electric Birney no. 348 rests at the end of the line at Seaside Park in Long Beach (just west of Morgan Yard). Donald Duke Collection
4636 at West Basin
Pacific Electric (former Southern Pacific commuter unit) no. 4636 clears the bascule bridge and rolls into San Pedro. The bridge was always down unless a ship signaled to pass into the West [...]
