Pacific Electric

By Ralph Cantos Here is another colorized postcard of Downtown Los Angeles, a two-car train of what appears to be single pole 800s making its way eastbound on 6th Street at Spring. The postcard [...]

By Ralph Cantos This spectacular photograph of the Pacific Electric’s San Pedro Station shows a 3-car train of 10 Hundreds waiting departure time to Los Angeles, as a former Portland [...]

Rose Parade Special on South Fair Oaks, Pasadena, just north of the Union Pacific crossing. Cars 1240 plus 1251 (trailer) plus 1231. Inbound on January 1, 1938. © 1938 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan [...]

Removing Pacific Electric Rail across from the AT&SF station on South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, June 8, 1944. © 1944 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric 1218 Southbound along Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach, August 24, 1946. © 1946 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric 1599 at Macy Street Shops, January 1, 1939. PE 0901 is just out of view. © 1939 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric 1458 at Macy Street Shops, December 30, 1937. © 1937 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1402 at Torrance Shops, March 21, 1937. The 1402 was a former Ocean Shore Railway car. © 1937 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric 1401 at San Pedro, , November 18, 1939. © 1939 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection