Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric interurban no. 317 awaits the return trip in this interesting photo-turned-illustration image from a vintage postcard dating from the 1920s. Note the PE employee on the roof of [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 411 picks up speed amid light traffic in this 1940s-era image from Ocean Avenue in Long Beach. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric freight locomotive no. 1603 leads a string of PE interurbans on Ocean Avenue in Long Beach in this curious shot from July 4, 1913. They are eastbound on 7th Street near Alameda. [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 411 waits for passengers at the Long Beach Station on Ocean Avenue in Long Beach. The conductor chats with locals in the passenger loading strip. William Holden [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 410) move along Ocean Avenue (at Pine) in Long Beach in the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

A line of Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 853) discharge “pleasure seekers” on Ocean Avenue in Long Beach in this vintage postcard view from the Southern Division. Unknown [...]

Passenger traffic was brisk during the early days along Ocean Avenue  in Los Angeles, possibly on opening day of the Long Beach Line, July 4, 1902. Car No. 219 was one of 99 cars of similar [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1212 passes down Ocean Avenue at Pacific in Long Beach in this Southern District image. Ivan Baker Photo Jack Finn Collection Craig Rasmussen Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1516 rolls down Ocean Avenue (at Pacific) in Long Beach in this dramatic nighttime Southern Division shot. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1538 offers Long Beach Limited service on Ocean Avenue between Pacific and Cedar in Long Beach. The date is September 2, 1958. [...]