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Los Angeles Railway car and tracks pass the Golden State Hotel and the Tacoma Bar on November 1, 1911, which is believed to be looking north at the corner of 5th and Central Streets in this real [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1299 rolls past Claremont Tower on a Railroad Boosters tour held June 2, 1951. Ralph E. Melching Photo, Pacific Railroad Society Museum Collection

A view of Court Flight, the funicular railway that served Court Street (so named because of proximity to the downtown courts) at Broadway, photographed by Chard Walker. The date is February 14, [...]

Pacific Electric car no. 1299 rolls down what appears to be Euclid Avenue in Upland in 1951 in this stunning image originally taken by Robert T. McVay. Robert T. McVay Photo, Norm Suydam Collection

A classic image of Charles Merritt (C. M.) Pierce, famed operator of the Los Angeles Pacific Balloon Route Excursion. This image comes from a broadside donated by Bobby McDearmon to the Mount [...]

Selected scans from the 1932 publication “Los Angeles Railway Types of Passenger Cars” published by LARy and used internally for identification purposes. Numerous images continue [...]

The past comes into view in this blended image of contemporary 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles with an exact-location match featuring Pacific Electric 1051 from the Jack Finn Collection. [...]

This undated photo by Ernie Leo catches a Pacific Electric freight passing by the Covina Station. Note the signage on the building, stating it is also the office for the Southern Pacific and the [...]

Abandonment Notice issued by the Pacific Electric Railway for the Van Nuys Line. Learn more about this item and Alan Weeks by clicking here. Click here to download the notice in PDF format. Alan [...]