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Pacific Electric electric freight locomotive no. 1321 pulls a long string of Southern Pacific gondolas in this dramatic freight shot. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1131 pauses at PE’s Glendora Station. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1124 streaks westward across the San Gabriel River viaduct. Jack Finn Collection

A Pasadena-bound streetcar no. 202 on the Pacific Electric predecessor line Los Angeles and Pasadena Railway stops to pick up a passenger along a muddy route that has a nearby flivver bouncing [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1234) head up a Special on the Oak Knoll private right-of-way, turning onto Huntington Drive. Modified based on comment Jack Finn Collection

The cleaning crew works on various Pacific Electric interurbans at the half-vacant Pasadena car barn on Fair Oaks. Jack Finn Collection

An amazing collection of Pacific Electric equipment is visible in this 1930s-era shot of South Pasadena’s Oneonta Station, where numerous PE lines converged. Jack Finn Collection

Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway parlor coach “The Poppy” poses for this glamour nighttime shot. The LA&P was a predecessor line to the Pacific Electric Railway. Jack [...]

Pacific Electric streetcar no. 242 pauses in traffic on the Colorado St. & Fair Oaks Ave. line in Pasadena. Jack Finn Collection

This turn-of-the-century view of Pacific Electric streetcar no. 200 (followed closely by no. 201) depicts the bustling tenor of early Pasadena. Jack Finn Collection