By Ralph Cantos In this modern day and age of “low floor,” hermetically sealed, air-conditioned transit conveniences, who can dispute the classic, almost Victorian beauty of Pacific [...]
By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo taken on the morning of June 18, 1955 shows Pacific Electric PCCs nos. 5009 and 5017 laying over at Burbank Yard. On a “normal” weekend, at least [...]
By Ralph Cantos June 19, 1955, will live in infamy among Los Angeles rail fans and commuters. On that day, the most dastardly deed ever perpetrated on Los Angeles commuters was enacted by [...]
By Ralph Cantos Heavy rains in 1938 caused havoc all over Los Angeles and Southern California. Here, Pacific Electric Birney no. 335 sits in traction motor-high rain water on Franklin Avenue in [...]
By Ralph Cantos These 2 photos from different angles were taken on an over cast morning at 67th Street and Crenshaw Blvd. The date is Sunday, May 22, 1955, “the morning after the night [...]
By Ralph Cantos This very rare color photo of Los Angeles Railway PCC no. 3016 was taken in 1943 on West 6th Street near Westmoreland Avenue. The 3016 is eastbound on the rails of the 3 Line. [...]
By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric’s double end PCCs were arguably the most beautiful PCCs ever built. Unfortunately for PE’s Pullman built PCCs, beauty did not translate into [...]
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 [...]
