A Blue Goose on a Red Car Line
By Steve Crise Over the years there have been a good number of steam and diesel locomotives displayed along Exposition Boulevard courtesy of Pacific Electric Railway’s Santa Monica Air [...]
Locating Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1251 on the N Line
By Steve Crise This undated photo by Ken Douglas caught my eye the other day while researching our archive for other samples of Type H cars for a future article. This location seemed somewhat [...]
Remembering the Big Green Cars of the Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway
Foreword by Steve Crise Often times we acquire artifacts that are in less than desirable condition and are quite literally ready to disintegrate. This was the case with this Pacific Electric / [...]
All that remains of the Santa Monica Air Line, 2011
By Steve Crise This abandoned Pacific Electric Railway right of way was once part of the route that was affectionately known as the “Santa Monica Air Line”. In this 2011 view we are [...]
The Dragons of Long Beach
By Steve Crise The year: 1921. The place, PE’s Long Beach Station. Dragon 72 (ex-San Jose RR. 133) loads on Ocean Ave at Pine Street. The car, surrounded by Tens on the Los Angeles run, is [...]
Last of its Class
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 [...]
