Northern District

Heading outbound past the Lamanda Park Tower, a hazy day hides the nearby mountains as the PE heads up north Sierra Madre Boulevard past the Santa Fe tracks parallel to Walnut Street on its way [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1121 heads out of Lamanda Park (East Pasadena) toward Sierra Madre from Lamanda Park Junction in March of 1935. Note the penny scale and the PE employee’s phone booth. [...]

Number 93, wearing “Pasadena” destination boards, rolls down an unidentified Pasadena city street in this undated photo. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Number 45 on the Colorado, Los Robles, Hill & Lake Avenue Line poses with its motorman and conductor in this undated image. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1299 overtakes a Watts Local near Eastern Avenue in El Sereno in 1949. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1107 rolls to a stop at Oneonta Park in South Pasadena in this 1949 image. Ralph Cantos Collection

It’s 1948 and Pacific Electric car no. 1201 is captured at Macy Street Yard. Note the PE tower car in the background. Ralph Cantos Collection

It’s the last days of the Northern District and Pacific Electric 5050-series cars handle all the duties in this undated shot. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric PCC 5011 visits the 7th Street Yard as part of a fan trip in this undated photo. Pacific Electric no. 1459 sits idly by, flanked by gleaming new General Motors buses in PE [...]

It’s 1948 and Pacific Electric no. 1228 rolls through Valley Junction. Ralph Cantos Collection