Pacific Electric interurban no. 1028 proceeds north on the Huntington Drive mainline bearing a “Pasadena via Short Line” destination board. The overhead destination sign displays a star.
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1028 With a Star
1012 and 1013 at Sierra Vista
Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 1012 and 1013 pause at the Sierra Vista chalet-style station in Pasadena.
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1373 Express to Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Express no. 1373 leads a three-unit train (and is paced by another set) on the four-track main in the middle of Huntington Drive back towards Los Angeles.
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Young Donald Duke on the 1121
The conductor on Pacific Electric interurban no. 1121 hands a transfer to a young woman while future Golden West Books publisher Donald Duke looks on.
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1137 Runs the Short Line
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1137 awaits additional passengers and departure on the Pasadena Short Line some time in the mid- to late-1930s.
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1042 to Los Angeles
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1042 navigates its private right-of-way in the middle of the street as it heads as a Limited back to Los Angeles.
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Business Car 1000 2
Pacific Electric Business Car no. 1000 poses for a shot.
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Business Car 1000
Pacific Electric personnel pose in front of their business car flagship, no. 1000. The car had observation rooms at either end with an office in the middle (indicated by the oval windows).
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El Peregrino
Pacific Electric motormen and conductors pose in front of an early PE unit named “El Peregrino” (“The Pilgrim”) in what appears to be a Northern Division location.
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Funerary
A Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway car stands ready in front of Lippincott’s Funeral Parlors (Undertakers, Embalmers, Cremating), draped in funerary bunting. The LA&P was the predecessor line to the Pacific Electric. This is in Pasadena.
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