Pacific Electric

A special charter by the ERA (Electrical Railway Association?) led by Metropolitan Transit Authority no. 1815 as a “Catalina Special” poses with the oil derricks of Wilmington in the [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps led by no. 1500 proceed south on the Long Beach Line at San Pedro and 7th Street on September 10, 1958. An MTA (ex-Los Angeles Transit [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) no. 1440 heads south on the S Line at San Pedro and 9th Streets in Los Angeles on September 10, 1958. A string of ex-Pacific Electric [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no.1543 in contemporary colors rolls through the four-track main line at Slauson Junction on October 4, 1960. This car now rests at [...]

A string of Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) streetcars line up outside the Watts Car House on October 3, 1959. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Railfans crowd the viewing portholes on Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1519 blimp on the last run from Long Beach to the Subway Terminal Building in downtown Los [...]

Five Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps led by no. 314 pause on the San Pedro Line. The cars were specially chartered for National Railway Historical Society convention service [...]

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) PCC no. 5004 enters the Subway Terminal Tunnel on the Burbank-Glendale Line June 10, 1955. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) PCC cars nos. 5014 and 5025 rest at a passenger stop on Glen Oaks Blvd. on the Glendale-Burbank Western Division line; the date is June 4, 1955. [...]

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) streetcars led by no. 5134 rest at the 8th Street and Alameda yard while awaiting the scrap heap on March 26, 1955. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection