Pacific Electric

A view of the Pacific Electric Station in Wilmington circa 1948 featuring Pacific Electric blimp no. 431 and a White Bus picking up passengers at the adjacent corner bus stop. Paul Koehler Collection

Pacific Electric Watts Car House is shown hosting the maintenance of Pacific Electric switcher no. 1621 and Southern Pacific Electro-Motive diesel switcher no. 4618 circa 1955. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Coach Lines no. 1524 westbound on Ocean Avenue and Golden Shore, is seen here turning into Morgan Yard on April 9, 1960. Bruce Ward Image, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society [...]

Railfan excursion on Metropolitan Coach Lines 498 at East Olympic Blvd at Hooper Ave on May 24th, 1958. Bruce Ward Photograph, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority blimp no. 312, southbound at the Lynwood station on January 28, 1956. Craig Rasmussen Collection

Pacific Electric Railway Dash sign showing Sierra Madre as its destination. Courtesy Craig Rasmussen collection

In this Andy Goddard photograph dated October 12, 1960, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority blimp no. 1522 is headed westbound on Ocean Avenue at what would be present-day Golden Shore. [...]

By Ralph Cantos In this modern day and age of “low floor,” hermetically sealed, air-conditioned transit conveniences, who can dispute the classic, almost Victorian beauty of Pacific [...]

Construction of the Santa Monica Freeway is progressing rapidly as seen in this December 3rd, 1960 image by Bruce Ward. Metropolitan Transit Authority 1522 glides by the Interstate -10 overpass [...]

By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo taken on the morning of June 18, 1955 shows Pacific Electric PCCs nos. 5009 and 5017 laying over at Burbank Yard. On a “normal” weekend, at least [...]