PERYHS Archives

The North Long Beach Line ran east on Ocean Avenue to American Avenue, then north to Willow Street. In this scene taken in 1939, Pacific Electric no. 108 pulls up, changes end, then heads back to [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1257) speed down the Southern Division main line for Santa Ana. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 314 pauses at Dominguez Junction. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1241 bound for Santa Ana speeds along the Southern Division main line through Watts Junction. The year is 1948.  Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1602 pauses at Santa Ana station while an interurban rests in the background. Ralph Melching Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1376 bound for Santa Ana pauses at the Artesia station for mail service. Bill Everett Collection Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1454 at the 8th Street Yard. Donald Duke Collection

At Garden Grove Station, Pacific Electric interurban no. 1241 stops to pick up a passenger at midday. For some reason the Garden Grove station was set back from the Santa Ana main line. Bill [...]

Pacific Electric combination baggage / express and passenger car no. 1373 rolls along Fourth Street in Santa Ana, bound for Los Angeles. A local Santa Ana Bus Lines unit stops at the corner to [...]

Lynwood Station was a busy place. Not only was it Pacific Electric’s official station, but it was also the depot for the Union Pacific Overland Stage Lines and the Pacific Greyhound Lines. [...]