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Ex-Pacific Electric blimp no. 1543 in its ghastly MTA redesigned livery is captured in this moody nighttime shot taken March 3, 1961 somewhere in Long Beach. Gordon Glattenberg Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1522 rests at a passenger platform on the elevated section of 6th and Main Street Station in downtown Los Angeles. The date is March [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps roll up San Pedro Street on their way to the 6th and Main Street Station after completing a round trip to Long Beach. No. 1522 trails [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1519 heads up a five-car train with “special” dash sign – probably a railfan excursion, note the people on the left of [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1519 rests in Long Beach, possibly Morgan Yard, and possibly during a railfan event. The image is dated March 19, 1961. Gordon [...]

Pacific Electric 0-6-0 no. 1504 is photographed in a yard setting somewhere in Los Angeles (possibly Taylor Yards), March 21, 1948. Gordon Glattenberg Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1502 pauses in this moody nighttime at San Pedro Station. The date is December 7, 1958. Gordon Glattenberg Collection

Pacific Electric Express no. 1462 is photographed at Monrovia Station in the Northern District on August 13, 1951. Gordon Glattenberg Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1452 is photographed pulling a lone boxcar at a grade crossing in Los Angeles as part of Santa Monica Air Line freight service. Undated. Note the large Bekins Storage [...]