Pacific Electric

In 1948 the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association scheduled a weekend of excursions over many Pacific Electric lines. Here is car no. 1057 crossing the  single-track trestle bridge over the Rio [...]

644 pulls into the Walker passenger shelter on the Whittier Line. Whittier service was cut back on September 1, 1935, to a single run to Los Angeles and return. This run was finally discontinued [...]

The wire stringing team at work along the Yorba Linda section of the Whittier – Yorba Linda – Fullerton Line. At the time the rails were not in, so horses handled the towers. Donald [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1370) head south toward Santa Ana on the busy Southern Division. Modified based on comment Harley Kelso Photo Donald Duke Collection

A Santa Ana train bound for Los Angeles takes the outside track at Slauson Junction. Donald Duke Collection

The Bay Area Electric Railroad Association excursion car on the Whittier-Yorba Linda Line pauses at the Yorba Linda Station. Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric inteurbans nos. 1240 and 1214 roll through West Santa Ana on their way back to Los Angeles. Charles D. Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1022) roll down Fourth Street in Santa Ana toward the station terminus. Jack Whitmeyer Photo Donald Duke Collection

The North Long Beach Line ran east on Ocean Avenue to American Avenue, then north to Willow Street. In this scene taken in 1939, Pacific Electric no. 108 pulls up, changes end, then heads back to [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1257) speed down the Southern Division main line for Santa Ana. Donald Duke Collection