When I was fifteen I hiked up this abandoned railway with two friends. Took my trusty old Box Camera. Then again my father and I hiked it in 1949. The pictures are not that great but the historic [...]
By Ralph Cantos The September 1951 abandonment of Pacific Electric’s Northern District brought about by freeway construction (in particular, the 10/101/5 interchange in East Los Angeles) [...]
Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 1222 and 1223 are photographed at Santa Cruz on the Oak Knoll Route in the city of Alhambra on August 30, 1950. Robert T. McVay Photo
The Mount Wilson Trail terminus is photographed by Alan Weeks after abandonment. A sad sight, to be sure, particularly when compared with this Alan Weeks image. The date is January 28, 1951. Alan [...]
The Pacific Electric Lamanda Park Tower is photographed by Alan Weeks months before the inevitable abandonment of the Sierra Madre Line. The date is September 10, 1950. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan [...]
Alan Weeks captures this somber image of abandonment on the Sierra Madre Line at the Lamanda Park Interlock on February 8, 1951. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
A Pacific Electric track gang works rail removal at California Boulevard in San Marino on the Sierra Madre Line on January 30, 1951. Everyone wears hats. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Pacific Electric box motor no. 1451 and a hand-lettered flatcar bearing the marks “PE 0635” work rail removal on the Sierra Madre Line at California Boulevard in this image dated [...]
Pacific Electric crane car no. 00191 and a box motor are captured in this Alan Weeks image, as the crew works on the block and tackle of the crane. A young man wistfully surveys the carnage in [...]
