Northern District

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 [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 1012 and 1013 pause at the Sierra Vista chalet-style station in Pasadena. Jack Finn Collection

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. Jack Finn Collection

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. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1137 awaits additional passengers and departure on the Pasadena Short Line some time in the mid- to late-1930s. Modified based on comment Jack Finn Collection

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. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric Business Car no. 1000 poses for a shot. Jack Finn Collection

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). [...]

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. Jack [...]

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 [...]