Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1459 at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (Union Station). Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1447 nears 14th Street and Long Beach Avenue on the Southern Division four-track main line. Jack Whitmeyer Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 moves down the express track of the Southern Division main line bound for San Pedro. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motors nos. 1449 and an unidentified unit roll down Fourth Street in Santa Ana in 1945, bound for downtown Los Angeles. The white flag means this was an unscheduled train [...]

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1446 pauses at Watts Station for unloading in 1941. Bill Everett Collection Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1466 after emerging from the Torrance Shops in 1943. It was originally built in 1913 by Pullman at a whopping 64 feet in length. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 clears the bascule bridge and heads for San Pedro. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motors nos. 1465 and 1463 roll down the Southern Division main line near Watts, on the way to San Pedro. Number 1465 was one of two large box motors acquired from the [...]

Pacific Electric’s first Railway Post Office unit was no. 500. Donald Duke Collection

Pole up, Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1406 has just arrived at Long Beach on a run from San Pedro. The year is 1936. Charles D. Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection