Looking battered and forlorn, Pacific Electric streetcar no. 374 rests outside the Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific Huntington Beach station.
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374 at Huntington Beach
Beachfront Property
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1044 heads south as the Newport Beach Limited, passing mere feet from the crashing surf of Orange County.
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Southern Division Silhouette 2
An MTA (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban speeds north toward Los Angeles on this Southern Division trackage.
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1240 and 1222 in Long Beach
Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 1240 and 1222 pause in Long Beach, awaiting the inevitable turnaround back to Los Angeles.
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Hotel Virginia
An early Pacific Electric interurban pauses in front of the grand Hotel Virginia in Long Beach.
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Of Mice and Men
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1232 passes in front of Long Beach’s Stanley Theater (Any Seat 15 cents Any Time) with a broadside advertisement for a revival of Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” “These Three” at the Stanley dates this image to 1936.
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North Under The Bridge
A northbound Southern Division Pacific Electric interurban set rolls under the semaphore signal bridge; the trailing car’s “Long Beach” destination board is visible.
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Southern Division Silhouette
Two MTA (ex-Pacific Electric) interurbans roll southbound on Southern Division trackage in this dramatic dusk shot.
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Idle For Now
A fleet of former Pacific Electric (now MTA) interurbans, most still wearing PE paint schemes with added MTA marks, sit patiently for the start of a new day while undergoing overnight maintenance.
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Waiting for Tomorrow
MTA interurbans nos. 1536 and 1543 wear old and new paint schemes in the after-hours period in the maintenance yard.
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