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Everything is quiet at Oneonta Station in South Pasadena in the Northern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Three Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 958) head toward Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1028 proceeds north on the Huntington Drive mainline bearing a “Pasadena via Short Line” destination board. The overhead destination sign displays a [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 1012 and 1013 pause at the Sierra Vista chalet-style station in Pasadena. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric Express no. 1373 leads a three-unit train (and is paced by another set) on the four-track main in the middle of Huntington Drive back towards Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

The conductor on Pacific Electric interurban no. 1121 hands a transfer to a young woman while future Golden West Books publisher Donald Duke looks on. Jack Finn Collection

This early image shows a first-generation tower car emerging from the Pasadena & Los Angeles Railway shops (predecessor to the Pacific Electric). Note the advertisements pasted to the [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1137 awaits additional passengers and departure on the Pasadena Short Line some time in the mid- to late-1930s. Modified based on comment Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric steeplecab no. 1554 and accompanying single-dome tank car stop just adjacent to the Ramona Sanitarium. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric weed burner no. 00195 stops during its operations adjacent to the Ramona Sanitarium Convalescent Hospital. Jack Finn Collection