Northern District

Pacific Electric interurbans coming from and headed to Los Angeles pass one another on a busy thoroughfare in the Northern Division. Depicted here are nos. 1053 and 1012. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1053 negotiates a left turn at the Mission San Gabriel on the Alhambra line. Jack Finn Collection

A Pacific Electric interurban can be seen far in the distance in a shot otherwise dominated by 1930s-era vehicles, foretelling the future of Southern California. Jack Finn Collection

Visiting Mission San Gabriel was a major attraction along the Pacific Electric’s early routes. Here interurban special no. 021 discharges passengers at the gates of the Mission. The [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1012 heads back toward Los Angeles as it passes newly built subdivisions. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1054 moves down the street on the PE’s Alhambra-San Gabriel line in this pre-World War II photo. Date changed per comment Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1004 speeds toward Alhambra and San Gabriel through a grade cut in this action shot. Jack Finn Collection

Two elements of a great empire – Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific – meet in this dramatic 1930s image. A PE interurban waits while a Southern Pacific steam locomotive no. 1736 [...]

Pacific Electric streetcar no. 107 and interurban no. 1112 meet at San Marino Junction (Huntington Drive and Sierra Madre Blvd.) in the Northern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Three Pacific Electric interurbans stand ready for departure at a Northern Division depot. Jack Finn Collection