Pacific Electric

The first “blimps from the Bay” began to appear on the Pacific Electric to meet World War II traffic. Here several blimps are undergoing upgrades at the Torrance Shops to meet PE [...]

Pacific Electric’s 600-series “Hollywood” cars were delivered by the St. Louis Car Company to PE’s Torrance Shops in 1922. This shot captures an as-new no. 612. Donald [...]

Pacific Electric “blimp” interurban no. 4509 is captured in Torrance. This ex-Northwestern Pacific no. 384 unit was shipped south by Southern Pacific in 1942 and reworked to become PE [...]

Pacific Electric box motors crowd the loading area at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (Union Station). Depicted here are nos. 1447, 1460, and 1449. William D. Middleton Photo Donald Duke [...]

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

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1459 at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (Union Station). Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1447 nears 14th Street and Long Beach Avenue on the Southern Division four-track main line. Jack Whitmeyer Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 moves down the express track of the Southern Division main line bound for San Pedro. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motors nos. 1449 and an unidentified unit roll down Fourth Street in Santa Ana in 1945, bound for downtown Los Angeles. The white flag means this was an unscheduled train [...]

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1446 pauses at Watts Station for unloading in 1941. Bill Everett Collection Donald Duke Collection