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Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5018 poses in Glendale, possibly at the northern terminus, before heading back south to the Subway Terminal Building. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5000 is custom-decorated to promote enlistment in the Navy’s flying program (likely during the 1942-1945 timeframe). An unidentified PE interurban [...]

A southbound Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5011 passes the Angelus Temple on Glendale Blvd. in Echo Park. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric work locomotive no. 1554 poses for this shot in a lash-up with a steel tank car. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1036 crosses the Fletcher Drive bridge in this dramatic action shot from the Western District. The destination board reads “Special” and may indicate a [...]

The Pacific Electric Fletcher Drive viaduct looms in the background of this street-level view of the intersection of Riverside Drive and Fletcher, famously home to Currie’s Ice Cream (and [...]

This posed shot of Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5014 has two destinations displayed: the primary board reads “Subway Terminal” while the sideboard reads “Edendale [...]

Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5019 crosses the Fletcher Street steel viaduct (decorated with the company’s trademark) on the Glendale Line while traveling southbound to the Subway [...]

A pair of Pacific Electric streamline PCC cars (headed by no. 5001) cross the picturesque Fletcher Drive bridge on the Glendale-Burbank line. This northbound train is passing the famous [...]

Pacific Electric streamline PCC car no. 5006 climbs the grade on the Glendale-Burbank line on its way southbound, back to the Subway Terminal Building. Jack Finn Collection