Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1466 after emerging from the Torrance Shops in 1943. It was originally built in 1913 by Pullman at a whopping 64 feet in length. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 clears the bascule bridge and heads for San Pedro. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motors nos. 1465 and 1463 roll down the Southern Division main line near Watts, on the way to San Pedro. Number 1465 was one of two large box motors acquired from the [...]

Pacific Electric’s first Railway Post Office unit was no. 500. Donald Duke Collection

Pole up, Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1406 has just arrived at Long Beach on a run from San Pedro. The year is 1936. Charles D. Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office units nos. 1405 and 1406 stand idle awaiting the afternoon mail runs at the Los Angeles Street terminal. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1407 speeds south between San Pedro and Long Beach as part of service between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1405 has just unloaded its sacks of mail at the 6th and Main postal center, just off Los Angeles Street at Sixth. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric built eight “bobber” single-truck cabooses at the Torrance Shops in 1921. Number 1957 was captured here in 1937. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric’s first shops were the former Los Angeles Railway shops at 7th & Alameda. PE later moved to the Torrance Shops in the 1920s. Modified based on comment Donald Duke Collection