Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric interurbans (lead by no. 1008) roll toward Los Angeles through El Sereno in June of 1945. The image was used in Donald Duke’s 1958 book “PE” (page 20): Signal [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 804 rolls through Long Beach in this 1939 photo. Charles D. Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric no. 803, some passengers and crew are captured at this stop somewhere in San Pedro on April 16, 1939. Charles D. Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric no. 800 stands idle in San Pedro in this 1935 image. Note the “Torrance – No LA City Traffic” sign and “The Island of Santa Catalina” banner on the [...]

Pacific Electric no. 1255 pauses for this photograph at Valley Junction in Los Angeles in September of 1937. Photographer Charles D. Savage’s notes on the slide original read: From the [...]

Pacific Electric no.1144 is captured at the Sierra Vista station in Alhambra on April 6, 1945. Charles D Savage Photo Donald Duke Collection

Three scans of a US Maritime Commission Calship Victory Specials Timetable, effective April 30, 1943. The Pacific Electric operated USMC “blimp” service between downtown Los Angeles [...]

Two sides of a United States Maritime Commission ridership token for use by CalShip employees to get between downtown Los Angeles and the CalShip yards at Terminal Island. Pacific Electric [...]

Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5153 crosses Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood in January 1952. Ralph Cantos Collection

A morning rush hour train rolls across the bridge at Venice and La Cienega in this Pacific Electric Western District image from January 1949. Ralph Cantos Collection