Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric 1218 crossing the Santa Ana River on April 7th, 1945. Charles D. Savage Photo, Donald Duke Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps nos. 1521 (bound for San Pedro) and 1527 (bound for Long Beach) idle at 6th and Main in this moody image dated December 7, 1961. Bruce [...]

By Ralph Cantos This very interesting photograph was taken on October 12, 1952. The location is the middle of La Cienega at San Vicente Boulevard looking north. The fan trip operated around [...]

By Caesar “CJ” Milch On December 29, 1952, the day after the last regularly scheduled cars ran to the Valley, there was a special car run by the PE for a group of local politicians [...]

By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric’s roster of “modern” wood-bodied interurbans peeked at about 335 units. These wood-bodied beauties consisted of 4 distinct classes: the 500s, [...]

Pacific Electric no. 304 is assigned to the East Colorado – Lincoln Avenue Line in Pasadena. Its exact location is unknown. PE no. 304 was built by J.G. Brill Company in 1913. It was a [...]

The Subway Terminal building is located at 417 South Hill Street. When it opened in 1925, the building contained 600 offices and was one of the largest office building in the city. The ground [...]

Pacific Electric’s San Fernando Station location at the intersection of Brand Boulevard and Columbus Ave. Note that the rails have been removed but the ties have not been salvaged. In the [...]

The Date is November of 1963. The Pacific Electric agency at East Long Beach had long been closed by the time this photograph was taken. The depot was located on Anaheim Street just east of [...]

Pacific Electric Railway Company, Culver City. The date is March 26, 1964. This is the south side and west end of the Culver City depot. The baggage / freight room is in the foreground. The [...]