Pacific Electric interurban no. 413 heads north to Los Angeles through the bascule bridge in this action shot from the Port of Los Angeles area. Note the merchant ship Fort Clatsop at the right.
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413 Back to Los Angeles
1253 San Pedro-Bound
Pacific Electric interurbans pose in a lineup of San Pedro-bound cars at the 6th and Main Street Station. Leading the lineup is car no. 1253.
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804 to San Pedro
Pacific Electric interurban no. 804 heads for San Pedro (“via Wilmington,” as noted on the destination board) in this Southern District shot.
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Dinner Plate Remnant from Echo Mountain
A Pacific Electric-emblazoned shard of broken dinner china, discovered in an Echo Mountain dump in the late 1970s by professional writer, historian and collector Caesar J. Milch and sold via eBay to the Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. in 2009.
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Editor’s note: a previous notation on this item accidentally confused it with another PE china shard in the MLPSI collection, which was found in a dump near Alpine Tavern in the mid-1950s.
Special at Speed
Two steelbody Pacific Electric cars, nos. 1200 and possibly 1201, move down an unknown street at speed in this undated photo from the Northern Division. Note the church in the background and the large bull palm shadow in the foreground.
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Two Gents
Two Los Angeles & Pacific employees pose outside an office structure alongside the LA&P right-of-way in the Northern Division. A flatcar loaded with fresh ties stands idle in the background. The LA&P was a predecessor line to the Pacific Electric.
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Newport Beach Express
Pacific Electric no. 1219 winds through a turn, “deadheading” the Newport Beach Express after a layover at Macy Street Yard. The consist is at 7th and San Pedro Streets.
Modified based on comments
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