Steve Crise Collection

By Steve Crise Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car number 3127, a Type P-3, is seen loaded on a flat car at an unknown location along its journey from St. Louis to Los Angeles, California. This car [...]

A truck trailer lettered for Pacific Electric is pictured here in an undated, unidentified location. Except for the round P.E. logo in the upper left area of the trailer, it seems to be identical [...]

Southern Pacific SW 1500 no. 452 is captured in this shot headed eastbound along Culver Boulevard. The small freight train is about to cross Overland Avenue in Culver City, circa 1970. This [...]

Historic Caption: Mrs Loyce Newton, 44, was killed here today (4/10) when here car skidded on wet streetcar tracks and crashed headon into a streetcar. She was thrown from her car and under the [...]

Historic Caption: Los Angeles. Day broke in Los Angeles today with the usual crowded bus stop, people waiting for streetcars and buses that were tied up in the barns and garages by the mid-night [...]

Historic Caption: Collide at Intersection – Thirty persons were injured in Los Angeles when two trolley cars crashed at a street intersection. The car at the left failed to make a boulevard [...]

Here are a collection of images of Pacific Electric no. 1260, its many adventures and even a prominent mishap, all captured by photographers back in the day.