Ralph Cantos Collection

A 1915 postcard depicting Broadway between 5th and 6th Streets with Los Angeles Railway streetcars. From Ralph Cantos: Downtown Los Angeles has always been the subject of post cards, and nothing [...]

In this 1902 view, the camera looks to the east as Los Angeles & Pacific car no. 234 waits its departure for Venice and Santa Monica in front of the LAP Depot at 316 West 4th Street, between [...]

At the very busy intersection of Main – Spring -& 9th Streets, an old Los Angeles Railway manned pole tower (right) kept streetcar switch movements running smoothly. In the shot taken [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 431 working the B line at the very busy intersection of 9th – Main & Spring Streets. The date is October 23, 1948. Andy Payne Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 687 rolls inbound on the H line just east of Hoover Street. From Ralph Cantos: The H line was very popular, and was well patronized, but the powers in charge at [...]

In this 1937 view at Wilcox Avenue in North Hollywood , the crew of westbound Pacific Electric no. 849 take a few minutes before continuing on to Canoga Park. The upgraded “Valley [...]

The seldom seen B-2 truck of PE PCC #5009 undergoes “heavy repairs” at Toluca Yard. From Ralph Cantos: After the Hollywood Boulevard-Beverly Hills line was abandoned in Sept of 1954, [...]

The date is July 1959 and Fletcher Trestle – home of thousands of photos capturing the Glendale Line of the Pacific Electric – is about to be no more. From contributor Ralph Cantos: [...]

This circa-1948 photo features Pacific Electric no. 1221 on the newly electrified, ex-Southern Pacific tracks between Baldwin Park and Lone Hill Junction. Note 1221 is sporting trolley wheels, [...]

From Ralph Cantos: The center of Downtown LA was 7th & Broadway. In this 1942 postcard, 2 LARY H class cars head east on 7th Street, while another car heads north on Broadway. 7th & [...]