Ralph Cantos Collection

By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric no. 1498 (originally car no. 881) is seen here on display at Travel Town around 1970. In 1940 she and four other 800s were converted to Express Motors. During [...]

By Ralph Cantos This photo from the Craig A. Rasmussen Magna Collection was taken by the late Harold F. Stewart at Culver Junction in late 1940. The 913 is westbound on the evening Santa Monica [...]

By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 656 heads up a 2-car morning rush hour train at Vineyard Junction. It’s a cold, overcast February morning, and these World War II Los Angeles [...]

By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1165 poses for the camera on this “Farewell to the 1100s” fan trip operated on November 7, 1954 on the S Line. In less than a year, [...]

By Ralph Cantos As part of a day long fan trip using Pacific Electric PCC no. 5011 on October 12, 1952, the 5011 made a trip over the Cahuenga Pass, the first time a PE PCC made the run over the [...]

By Ralph Cantos This very interesting photograph was taken on October 12, 1952. The location is the middle of La Cienega at San Vicente Boulevard looking north. The fan trip operated around [...]

By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric’s roster of “modern” wood-bodied interurbans peeked at about 335 units. These wood-bodied beauties consisted of 4 distinct classes: the 500s, [...]

By Ralph Cantos The former Pacific Electric no. 733 poses for the camera in this 1954 photograph. The 733 (now numbered 1733) is in splendid condition. This was the “first repaint” [...]

By Ralph Cantos I took this faded photo with my little KODAK box camera on the afternoon of June 7, 1959 at the rear of the Watts car barn. The occasion was the second part of an ERHA fan trip. [...]

By Ralph Cantos In the image above, PE’s San Berdoo 1221 rolls along towards San Pedro Station on March 5, 1948. The 1221 is working the local “Long Beach – San Pedro [...]