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By Ralph Cantos The shortest distance between two points is often described “as the crow flies.” So it was in 1897. That’s when the Pasadena & Pacific Railway wanted to [...]

By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC no. 3029 is seen here working the 3 Line, stopped at 6th & Rampart Blvd. in the Spring of 1947. Trolley Bus overhead is up and bus stop signs [...]

By Ralph Cantos In a a scene  all to typical in  post-World War II Los Angeles, Hollywood car no. 5120’s “right of passage” is challenged by a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan. The [...]

By Ralph Cantos In this image, Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5064 departs the 6th & Main Street elevated station for Glendora. Time was running out for the Northern District by this [...]

By Alan Weeks Well we come to the end of our Nostalgia trip. Pictures 144-4 and 144-5 there are no before and after photos. They are the Northern end of the old 4 track PERY Soto St. Viaduct over [...]

By Ralph Cantos In the land of American traction, just four United States cities shared the distinction of having two different transit systems using the modern PCC. Those cities were Los [...]

By Alan Weeks Just think of the amazing changes we would see if we could come back in 100 years. These changes are constantly going on around us but slow enough that we don’t notice. It is [...]

By Alan Weeks Mike Patris and Steve Crise published a book of their PERY archive photos, before and after. I was really impressed with their work. I decided to try to do the same thing they did [...]

By Ralph Cantos In all their years of service on the Pacific Electric Railway, only three of PE’s own 1200-class interurbans would retire prematurely. One San Berdoo 12, no. 1206, was [...]

By Ralph Cantos As was always the case on New Years Day on the PE, it was “all hands and cars on deck.” New Years Day 1940 was no exception. With the exception of the 100s (and, [...]