Northern District

Pacific Electric car (possibly no. 1120) rolls through the 6th & Los Angeles Street intersection that plays host to a classic Greyhound Bus Station (northeast corner of 6th and Los Angeles) [...]

Here is a hand-colored image that was originally shot by Charles Lawrence, the official photographer of the Pacific Electric Railway, colorized by San Diego resident and railfan Bjorn Palenius. [...]

On January 31 the South Pasadena Public Library hosted Mount Lowe Then and Now authors Michael Patris and Steve Crise for a program in the Community Room. Little did anyone know in advance, but [...]

Among the things the Mount Lowe incline was known for was Macpherson Trestle; so named for design engineer David Joseph Macpherson. Formally educated at Cornell University and formerly employed [...]

A wood-bodied Pacific Electric Railway “Mount Lowe” car sits at the platform at Rubio Canyon while passengers line up for their trip up the incline. Beyond the head of the line is the [...]

Echo Mountain as viewed from the Castle Canyon Trail in 1899, captured by Detroit Publishing photographer William Henry Jackson. This hand tinted image was taken just before the famed Echo [...]

A blended, then-and-now image of the top of the Mount Lowe Incline at Echo Mountain, featuring a late-1800s image composited with a contemporary view of the location. Contemporary photo by Steve [...]

Check out this amazing piece produced by AOL for its “What Remains” web video series on Mount Lowe. Featuring Michael Patris and images from the collection of the Mount Lowe [...]

The past comes into view in this blended image of contemporary 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles with an exact-location match featuring Pacific Electric 1051 from the Jack Finn Collection. [...]