PE 1141 on Huntington Drive at Warwick Road, San Marino
By Steve Crise Late in the afternoon in July 1947, eighteen-year-old photographer Donald Duke captured this shot of a Pacific Electric Railway two-car train of “elevens” speeding inbound towards [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Steve Griffis: Subway Terminal Building and Hill Street Station
Why are they where they are, why are they the size they are and why does the building have an extension to 4th Street? By Steve Griffis Being a little obsessed with Los Angeles’s original rail [...]
