Pacific Electric

Former Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific Railroad employee Harold Stewart captured this image of Pacific Electric no. 113 heading into Pasadena from Sierra Madre on October 1, 1940. The [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1010 climbs up the hill on Diamond Street, approaching Pacific Coast Highway. While the cross street on the left, Sunset Court, is no longer there, Redondo Union High School [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1203 heads a five-car troop train where it pauses in San Dimas on its way to Los Angeles. The two PE employees (from left to right) are David Gillespie of Pasadena and Mr. [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1359 makes a late day run heading south down Fair Oaks Avenue, just south of Green Street and the Green Hotel in Pasadena. The park and hotel are still there today, but most [...]

This undated image shows a gathering of Pacific Electric officials at San Pedro, California, in about 1947, which may be the press event for the unveiling of Pacific Electric no. 300 [...]

This image comes to us through the courtesy of Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography, who uncovered it at a sale in an old photo album. It’s an undated image taken on the waiting benches [...]

By Ralph Cantos PE no. 4514 poses for the camera, fresh from the Torrance paint shop, on October 1, 1946. This is a very rare shot, as the 4514 would never see service with this number. Just two [...]

L.T. Gotchy shot this image of a 1918 GMC Model 16, ¾-ton wooden flare-board express bodied truck back on March 16, 1941 atop Echo Mountain. The vehicle is facing north along the Alpine Division [...]

The Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society is extremely gratified by the gifting of key rail artifacts from the Gordon Bachlund Collection. These items will be part of the on-display [...]

The intersection of Fair Oaks and Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, looking at the southwest corner and the Pacific Electric Railway ticket office and passenger waiting room in 1903. The PE car is [...]