Pacific Electric

Local and interurban Pacific Electric service meets in Watts as interurban no. 431 pauses next to a Watts streetcar in the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 403 on Long Beach Limited service rolls through Watts in this Southern Division action shot. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 412 is captured from the motorman’s vestibule of a PE 600-series car at Watts Station on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1462 passes by PE interurbans at Watts on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 402) at Santa Ana Junction on the Southern Division. The date is September 7, 1951. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 309) pass through Redondo Junction in Watts as part of “Long Beach & San Pedro” service on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric “blimp” interurban no. 318 provides Long Beach Limited service on the Southern Division main line south of Watts. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 406 approaches the grade crossing at Abila, just south of Watts on the Long Beach Line. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) line car no. 9224 rolls down a double-track section of Southern Division mainline. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 427 approaches the 124th Street passenger shelter in Willowbrook in 1959. Jack Finn Collection