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Everything is quiet in this image of Pacific Electric trackage near Dominguez Seminary, looking south, on the Southern Division. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection

A Southern Pacific steam locomotive numbered 1327 provides assistance to the Pacific Electric track and catenary construction crew on the Long Beach Line on the Southern Division. This is [...]

A detail shot of a Pacific Electric lineside signal on the Long Beach Line on the Southern Division. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection

A shot along an unidentified Southern Division trackage location is made more notable by the presence of burlap bags along the lineside. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection

A picturesque panorama captured at the Seminary stop on the Pacific Electric’s Southern Division, looking north, some time in the 1900s. Jack Finn Collection

Two passengers awaiting pickup at the Seminary stop while an opposite-direction Pacific Electric interurban no. 1376 rolls on by. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority experimented with this paint scheme, as captured on April 8, 1961 at Dominguez Junction on the Long Beach Line. Here ex-Pacific Electric no. 1543 pauses for [...]

Pacific Electric Sub Station no. 00186 is captured by Herb Clearley for the Blackhawk Films railroad slide collection sold to collectors in the 1950s and ’60s through mail order. This slide [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1544 pulls into Dominguez Junction as part of Long Beach Line service on the Southern Division. Note the PE Sub Station car to [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 415 rolls through Dominguez Junction as part of Long Beach Line service on the Southern Division. The date is July 30, 1951. Jack Finn Collection