Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric Portable Sub Station no. 00187 toils away in North Long Beach in this image captured by Herb Cearly. The slide notation includes the following information – [...]

Pacific Electric Portable Sub Station no. 00187 provides power at a lineside location in North Long Beach in 1957. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) “blimp” interurban no. 1531 pauses for passengers at Willow Street in North Long Beach. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 329 (decorated during wartime for the United States Maritime Commission) pauses to let an Army officer disembark in North Long Beach, probably in 1946. Note the [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban “blimp” no. 1543 pauses for passengers at Willow Street in North Long Beach in this image dated October 16, 1960. This [...]

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1407 speeds through North Long Beach at Willow Street on its way to downtown Los Angeles as part of PE’s regular mail service between Long Beach and [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1510 rolls through 1960 Long Beach past a variety of colorful local businesses, including Star Fireplace Fixtures. Jack Finn [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurbans nos. 1537 and 1537 roll down American Avenue in this fine color image from Long Beach. The date is January 23, 1960. Jack Finn [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 306 rolls down American Avenue in Long Beach in this Southern Division action shot. Jack Finn Collection

A Pacific Electric streetcar approaches the turn from American onto Ocean Avenue in this interesting panorama probably from the 1910s in Long Beach. “Photo by Bacon” Jack Finn Collection