Pacific Electric crane car no. 00191 and a box motor are captured in this Alan Weeks image, as the crew works on the block and tackle of the crane. A young man wistfully surveys the carnage in [...]
Pacific Electric crews working no. 00191 hoist rail during abandonment at Sierra Madre Boulevard and California Street. The date is February 10, 1951. Here is a contemporary view of the location: [...]
Pacific Electric crane no. 00191 hoists a piece of rail onto a waiting flatcar being pulled by box motor no. 1451 at California Street. The date is January 30, 1951. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks [...]
Alan Weeks captures a Pacific Electric worker in an open door on box motor no. 1456 during abandonment work in San Marino. The date is February 8, 1951. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Pacific Electric no. 1456 box motor heads up a rail train in San Marino during abandonment. The date is February 8, 1951. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
It’s the end of the line – the Sierra Madre Line, that is – in this September 11, 1950, image of Pacific Electric no. 1124 at rest. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Pacific Electric no. 1129 sits patiently as it awaits its trip back to Los Angeles from the Mount Wilson Trail head in Sierra Madre. The image is dated September 11, 1950. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan [...]
Pacific Electric no. 1128 rolls slowly away from the Sierra Madre Station in this image from September 11, 1950. Alan’s 1934 Oldsmobile four-door sedan is seen in this image. From Alan: [...]
