Pacific Electric

An original Pacific Electric Railway advertisement, watercolor on board, stating “No traffic hazards or parking problem here,” making the point either the PE bus or the PE trolley is [...]

Pacific Electric Box Motors Nos. 1451 and 1453 Renders by Tim Muir.

Pacific Electric Box Motor No. 1430 Render by Tim Muir.

From Tim: I recently finished my model of the PE 007 Supply Car, making the hoists from what I observed in photos of similar equipement, since I could not locate anything directly connected to [...]

Click here to download a PDF of a listing of Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Transit Lines route abandonments with dates. Alan Weeks Collection

Special Race Trains are featured in this 1939 – 1940 Pacific Electric Railway timetable, listing round trip fares from 6th and Main Street Station to the track for .55 cents! Cars leave [...]

The Orange County Register’s Theresa Walker recently published a piece on the debut of the Red Car Trolleys, a new attraction at Disney’s California Adventure, the park built in [...]

Click here to download First Notice (1953) in PDF format Click here to download Second Notice (1953) in PDF format Alan Weeks Collection From Alan: Strange that the abandoned Air Line right of [...]

Celluloid souvenir pin-back trolley trip button measuring 1.25″ in diameter from an unknown manufacturer, promoting Pacific Electric’s Old Mission Trolley Trip. Michael Patris Collection

Celluloid souvenir pin-back trolley trip button measuring 1.25″ in diameter from an unknown manufacturer, promoting Pacific Electric’s Triangle Trolley Trip. Michael Patris Collection