Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric car no. 4511-S is captured at Morgan Yard in Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 318 pulls into Fairbanks Yard, fresh from service to Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric “blimp” interurban no. 402 rests at a location on the Southern Division as part of Long Beach Limited service. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1523 pauses for passengers at a stop in Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Walter Abbenseth (1926-2006), one of the original trustees of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society and life-long friend of our founder, Jack Finn, stands at his post in Slauson Tower.  [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 545 and its motorman and conductor pose for this early image. Jack Finn Collection

Abandoned former Pacific Electric streetcars get piled high at the Terminal Island scrapyard in the 1950s. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric “blimp” interurban no. 4509 is captured in Torrance. This ex-Northwestern Pacific no. 384 unit was shipped south by Southern Pacific in 1942 and reworked to become PE [...]

Stacks of carbodies signal the end of rail service in Los Angeles with these former Pacific Electric streetcars neatly arranged at a Terminal Island scrapyard. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1373 Express) wear a “Special” destination board. Jack Finn Collection