Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric car no. 4511-S is captured at Morgan Yard in Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 318 pulls into Fairbanks Yard, fresh from service to Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric “blimp” interurban no. 402 rests at a location on the Southern Division as part of Long Beach Limited service. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1523 pauses for passengers at a stop in Long Beach on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Walter Abbenseth (1926-2006), one of the original trustees of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society and life-long friend of our founder, Jack Finn, stands at his post in Slauson Tower.  [...]

Promotional footage of Pacific Electric’s Mount Lowe Line on the Northern Division, probably from the 1910s.

Surviving remnants from a 1914 Pacific Electric training film shot on the Western District.

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5028 passes the Trailer Inn trailer park while traveling south on the Santa Monica Air Line in this image dated February 22, 1953. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5019 in service on the Glendale-Burbank Line rests at Toluca Yard on January 25, 1953. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5003 pauses at the North Glendale terminus before heading south to Los Angeles in this image dated May 23, 1941. Alan Weeks Collection