Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

  Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1401 poses for this undated image captured in Pasadena on the Northern District.   Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Pacific Electric Express no. 1356 is paused at the Pacific Electric Fullerton passenger station on January 23, 1938, the final day of rail passenger service to this location. Adjacent is PE [...]

  Pacific Electric units no. 550 (Baggage Express) and 500 (US Mail) are captured in this undated image from a very early PE period, probably in the Northern District.   Mount Lowe [...]

  Pacific Electric steeplecab no. 55 poses with crew and young fans in this undated image from PE’s earliest days, possibly on the Northern District.   Mount Lowe Preservation [...]

  A very sharp scan of a Donald Duke classic image of Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1603 at Dolores on the Southern District.   Donald Duke Photo, Mount Lowe Preservation [...]

  A very vintage scan of an original duplicate from the Pacific Electric image collection captured by company photographer Charles Lawrence; this shot is of Amoco Tower and is exceedingly [...]

  This is an original press release from of the Pacific Electric Railway taken by Fotograms of New York on May 17, 1923.    Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection  

Pacific Electric Railway Birney car no. 359 travels eastbound on Colorado Boulevard at Los Robles in the late 1920s. Against the curb at the left is a Pacific Electric bus awaiting passengers. In [...]

By November 1927, this old wooden relic trolley dating from 1897 has outlived its usefulness and is being burned at the Pacific Electric Torrance shops. Stripped of motors, mechanisms, glass, [...]

The inscription on the back of this photographic original reads: Pacific Electric Railway, World’s Greatest Electric Transportation System. 1,000 miles of Trolley Trail to all points of [...]