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Beautifully painted PCC cars await service at the Glen Oaks and Central yard as part of Metropolitan Coach Lines service on June 4, 1955. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 314 leads a five-car train in San Pedro providing special service for the National Railway Historical Society convention in 1956. Alan Weeks [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans led by no. 1213 leave the Macy Street Yard in Los Angeles on their way to San Bernardino Line service. Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) S Line streetcar no. 1313 paces Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 435 bound for Bellflower on San Pedro Street near [...]

Los Angeles Railway no. 1 awaits passengers on Bonnie Brae in 1939. Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Pacific Railroad (predecessor line to Pacific Electric) mail and baggage car no. 2 poses with three LAP personnel at a sandy, probably beach-side location. Craig Rasmussen Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA, ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1815 moves along San Pedro Street (at 8th Street) as part of a railfan special; according to Alan Weeks, railfans would often use [...]

Dignitaries celebrate the introduction of new motor coach service to Monrovia and Glendora as part of the Pacific Electric’s abandonment of rail service in the Northern Division. Alan Weeks [...]

Railfans pose for a group shot on a Pacific Electric streetcar at the 6th and Main Street Station sometime in the 1950s. Modified based on comments Alan Weeks Collection

A 1920s-era Detroit Publishing Company postcard depicts Pacific Electric interurbans arriving at Venice. Alan Weeks Collection