Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric Magazine from December 10, 1929, Volume 14, Number 7, wishes Merry Christmas to the Pacific Electric Family. Great artwork from their art department showing Santa Claus thinking [...]

The Pacific Electric Magazine was a great way for corporate officials to keep in touch with all employees, particularly during the holidays. This issue, Volume 10, Number 7 dates from December [...]

Among the things the Mount Lowe incline was known for was Macpherson Trestle; so named for design engineer David Joseph Macpherson. Formally educated at Cornell University and formerly employed [...]

A wood-bodied Pacific Electric Railway “Mount Lowe” car sits at the platform at Rubio Canyon while passengers line up for their trip up the incline. Beyond the head of the line is the [...]

Pacific Electric Railway Post Office no. 1401 poses with operators and fans (identified as Dick Burns and Jack Ferrier) at the Macy Street Yard some time in the late 1940s. Modified based on [...]

Pacific Electric car no. 966 is packed with passengers (likely railfans) in this undated image from Culver Junction in Culver City. The Ivy Substation can be seen in the upper right hand corner [...]

Pacific Electric electric freight locomotive no. 1593 and crew pause for this photograph taken at Graham Yard. Modified based on comment Robert T. McVay Photo, Norm Suydam Collection

A Pacific Electric car (possibly no. 148 or 149) rolls along downtown Santa Ana’s 4th street in 1910 awaiting the arrival of the Ringling Bros. Circus parade (see the wagon in the [...]

A Pacific Electric interurban with a “Huntington Beach Excursion” banner draped on its side rests with another unit at the Huntington Beach Station in 1915. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1039 and its train await the repair crew after they hit a hay truck at high speed on the Santa Ana Line in July 1927 with spectacular results. Ralph Cantos Collection