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  Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) W Line car no. 1557 passes through a curve in front of a massive tunnel opening. The W Line ran from mid-city to Highland Park.   [...]

  Los Angeles Railway maintenance car no. 9203 stops momentarily on its maintenance run. Note the two flatcars in tow carrying replacement rail.   Jack Finn Collection

  Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) maintenance car no. 9209 sits ready for action at the South Park Shops while an unknown individual peers out from the high-mounted [...]

  Los Angeles Railway S Line service with car no. 1238 passes through a curve past a booming Cadillac dealership some time in the early 1950s.   Modified based on comment   Jack [...]

  Los Angeles Railway crane car no. 9225 sits over the maintenance pit at the LARy car barn.   Jack Finn Collection

  Los Angeles Railway emergency car no. 9310 heads out past the City Ford dealership on its way to a repair.   Jack Finn Collection

  A pair of Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) N Line streetcars pass one another at the south entrance to Los Angeles Chinatown on Broadway. The Terminal Annex building with [...]

  A Los Angeles Railway 7 Line streetcar rolls north of 2nd Street on Spring Street, passing by the massive Los Angeles Times building as it makes its way on a hazy Los Angeles morning. [...]

From early childhood trips on the P. E., Railroad Boosters fan trips, riding a three-car train from Hollywood Boulevard and Vermont Avenue to the Rose Parade and rail fanning around the system [...]

Jack Whitmeyer recalls his experiences of the P.E. with particular emphasis on Riverside from 1934 to 1942. This monograph also covers San Bernardino and the San Bernardino – Los Angeles RPO. 56 [...]