Pacific Electric

Saturday April 8, 1961 was the last full day of service on the Long Beach line and the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association ran a charter during the day.   Car 1706 is shown southbound paused [...]

By Stephen Dudley It’s later afternoon on April 7, 1961, as one of the last Limited trains to Long Beach rolls to a stop at Los Cerritos.   This stop was well-patronized during the morning [...]

By Stephen Dudley This picture taken April 6, 1961 at the Main Street Station.  The day was the Thursday before abandonment.  In preparation for the run to Long Beach, the motorman had just [...]

In August of 1958, a row of former Pacific Electric Hollywood cars then out of service and looking a little worse for wear awaited their fate in the Portland Traction Co. yard in Portland, [...]

Taken in November 1959, this time-lapse photo shows an evening train to Long Beach as it slows and then stops at Los Cerritos. The way the headlight lit up the track as the train approaches makes [...]

A rush hour Long Beach limited train in December of 1960 running southbound just after crossing Wardlow Road. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection

Taken in December 1960, this time-lapse photo captures a northbound evening train running on the single track approach to the Los Angeles River bridge and then over the bridge. Stephen Dudley [...]

By Ralph Cantos As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. While the exact details of these photos are lost to history, just looking at these photos taken on a damp March [...]

By Ralph Cantos Here is another colorized postcard of Downtown Los Angeles, a two-car train of what appears to be single pole 800s making its way eastbound on 6th Street at Spring. The postcard [...]