Northern District

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1458 crosses the San Gabriel River and onto double trackage. Modified based on comment Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection Donald Duke Collection

Looking east along Aliso Street where today the 101 Hollywood Freeway has completely obliterated this location to the point that the only similarities that may be found with today’s view is [...]

A vintage picture postcard (made from a retouched photograph) reading “Bridge No. 15 near Mt. Lowe Calif.” Jack Finn Collection

A vintage picture postcard, made from a heavily retouched photographic original, “Main Street near Sixth, looking South, Los Angeles, Calif.” Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 05 in a retouched photographed-turned-picture-postcard featuring a few from Pasadena. Tilton operated excursions in conjunction with Pacific Electric. Their slogan [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1231 and its motorman await departure at the PE Headquarters passenger terminal (located at 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles). Note the Glendora-Azusa [...]

Promotional footage of Pacific Electric’s Mount Lowe Line on the Northern Division, probably from the 1910s.

An early image of Pacific Electric no. 1420 with interesting catenary. Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1145 proceeds north toward the Sierra Vista station as part of Pasadena Short Line service in this Northern Division shot from April 9, 1937. Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1135 rolls through Glendora with the San Gabriel Mountains looming in the background in this Northern District image dated April 4, 1945. Alan Weeks Collection