Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5018 poses in Glendale, possibly at the northern terminus, before heading back south to the Subway Terminal Building.
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5018 Ready to Head South
5000 Fly For Navy
Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5000 is custom-decorated to promote enlistment in the Navy’s flying program (likely during the 1942-1945 timeframe). An unidentified PE interurban rests idle in the background. The car’s destination board reads “Subway Terminal.” The location is possibly adjacent to the Los Angeles River.
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5011 Passing the Temple
A southbound Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5011 passes the Angelus Temple on Glendale Blvd. in Echo Park.
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1554 at Work
Pacific Electric work locomotive no. 1554 poses for this shot in a lash-up with a steel tank car.
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1036 Crossing Fletcher Viaduct
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1036 crosses the Fletcher Drive bridge in this dramatic action shot from the Western District. The destination board reads “Special” and may indicate a railfan event.
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Currie’s Ice Cream
The Pacific Electric Fletcher Drive viaduct looms in the background of this street-level view of the intersection of Riverside Drive and Fletcher, famously home to Currie’s Ice Cream (and less famously, Richfield Gas).
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5014 Dueling Destinations
This posed shot of Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5014 has two destinations displayed: the primary board reads “Subway Terminal” while the sideboard reads “Edendale Atwater.”
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5019 Crossing Fletcher Viaduct
Pacific Electric PCC streamline car no. 5019 crosses the Fletcher Street steel viaduct (decorated with the company’s trademark) on the Glendale Line while traveling southbound to the Subway Terminal Building in Los Angeles.
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5001 Crossing Fletcher Bridge
A pair of Pacific Electric streamline PCC cars (headed by no. 5001) cross the picturesque Fletcher Drive bridge on the Glendale-Burbank line. This northbound train is passing the famous Currie’s Ice Cream Parlor which was just below, at Riverside Drive.
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5006 Streamlined Hill Climber
Pacific Electric streamline PCC car no. 5006 climbs the grade on the Glendale-Burbank line on its way southbound, back to the Subway Terminal Building.
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