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PE 1001 and LARY 536 at Travel Town
Pacific Electric no. 1001 and Los Angeles Railway no. 536 sit together at Travel Town in 1956. (Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1160 sits behind 536.) The little tree between the two cars would [...]
1503/304 Wreck on the 6th and Main Ramp in 1960
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority no. 1503 (former Pacific Electric no. 304) suffers an ignoble fate after losing control while descending the viaduct ramp at the 6th and Main Street [...]
PE 100 in Veracruz
Former Pacific Electric streetcar no. 100 is captured as part of Veracruz’s transit system (Mexico), now renumbered as 205, in June of 1957. A. M. Payne Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection
Railroad Boosters near Yorba Linda in 1939
Ralph Cantos found this photo in an antique shop in Santa Monica; the only information known is noted on the image itself: Pacific Electric no. 1205 on a Railroad Boosters outing near Yorba Linda [...]
285 on Experimental Trucks
Los Angeles Railway car no. 285 is captured on either experimental trucks or “shop trucks” while wearing 9 Line signage. According to Ralph Cantos: The trucks really change the [...]
637 at Melrose and Normandie
Los Angeles Railway car no. 637 on the H Line is captured paused at Melrose and Normandie in this undated photo. Ralph Cantos Collection
Pacific Electric Fletcher Avenue Bridge (1959)
The Pacific Electric Fletcher Avenue Bridge in 1959. From Ralph Cantos: By 1959, the Fletcher Dr Trestle had become a liability ,young kids throwing rocks off the bridge onto passing autos below, [...]
1432 and 1421 on the Railroad Boosters Trip
Los Angeles Railway MU cars nos. 1432 (front) and 1421 (rear) pause at an unidentified loop during the same Railroad Boosters fan trip discussed here in January 1939. If you can identify this [...]
Los Angeles Railway PCC at City Hall Postcard (1940)
A hand-tinted, illustrated-from-photographs postcard dating to 1940 depicting a new Los Angeles Railway PCC car in front of Los Angeles City Hall. As Ralph Cantos puts it, “the city was [...]
