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5181 at Universal City
A very austere Universal City stop is seen in this October 11, 1952 shot. This stop was located at the Lankershim Boulevard overpass near the world-famous studio and has since been absorbed into [...]
1299 on a Fan Trip
Looking north on Van Nuys Boulevard from Gault Street, PE 1299, their official business car, is preforming duty on what appears to be a fan trip. This Fred V. DuBritz photo was taken on May 3rd [...]
Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Balloon Route “Scenes Seen From An Electric Car” Brochure
From the brochure: The Lines of this Company form a far more important railway system than can be judged from the number of trains arriving at and leaving Los Angeles each day. From a single [...]
Los Angeles & Pacific to Santa Monica Tickets
The Los Angeles Pacific Railroad was both a steam locomotive railway as well as an electric railway. It began in 1899 when “General” Moses Sherman and Eli P. Clark filed articles of [...]
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Sierra Madre Shuttle
Former Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific Railroad employee Harold Stewart captured this image of Pacific Electric no. 113 heading into Pasadena from Sierra Madre on October 1, 1940. The [...]
Pacific Electric Waiting Room, Fair Oaks and Colorado, 1903
The intersection of Fair Oaks and Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, looking at the southwest corner and the Pacific Electric Railway ticket office and passenger waiting room in 1903. The PE car is [...]
Pacific Electric Ticket Book – Dolgeville (1908)
The Pacific Electric Railway had special ticket books for frequent passengers. Some were for business folks, some for students and some for entire families, such as this one which allowed [...]
