Pacific Electric

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5140 is stopped at Santa Monica Blvd. and Fairfax (Crescent Junction) in this image dated January 1954. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5132 pulls up to Hollywood Blvd. and the Hollywood Hotel on December 27, 1952. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5123 stops at the Hollywood Bowl on December 27, 1952. Construction of the Hollywood Fry is well underway. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5027 heads up this Out of Service train on Saturday, June 18, 1955. All day long, Brand Boulevard saw dead-heading trains bound for the Subway Terminal, as the [...]

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Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5136 moves to the inbound track to let no. 5140 heading for Beverly Hills pass. The date is May 1951. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric’s Burbank Station and yard is loaded with PCCs waiting for next morning rush hour. The date is June 15, 1955. Ralph Cantos Collection

Beautiful Pacific Electric no. 994 leads another Venice Short Line rush-hour train in the summer of 1949. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric car no. 5163 in San Fernando Valley Line service swings onto Highland Avenue from Santa Monica Blvd. in this January 1950 image. Modified based on comments Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric car no. 5154 stops at Crescent Junction in January of 1951. Ralph Cantos Collection