Looking Ahead in 1924
Our cover page depicts the entry of 1924 New Year as the radiant boy full of happiness and promise, bearing great investments for Southern California during the ensuing twelve months. His [...]
Steve Griffis: Subway Terminal Building and Hill Street Station
Why are they where they are, why are they the size they are and why does the building have an extension to 4th Street? By Steve Griffis Being a little obsessed with Los Angeles’s original rail [...]
1706 at 6th and Main
Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1706 on “Long Beach Limited” service is photographed at rest at the 6th and Main Street station’s passenger platform. [...]
1604 and 1608 in Los Angeles
It’s Macy Street Yards and Pacific Electric freight locomotives nos. 1604 and 1608 are awaiting their next assignment. It’s 1945 per the image information, making this a very early [...]
1545 at 6th and Main
Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1545 is captured in this dramatic nighttime shot (with star filters) at 6th and Main Street Station in downtown Los Angeles. Service [...]
1522 at 6th and Main
Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no. 1522 rests at a passenger platform on the elevated section of 6th and Main Street Station in downtown Los Angeles. The date is March [...]
Pacific Electric 626 at 6th and Main
Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 626 rests at 6th and Main passenger platforms, probably as part of a railfan excursion. The motorman is seated to the left of his station, while an eager young [...]
Green 1543 and 6th and Main
By Stephen Dudley Green car 1543 awaits a departure from 6th & Main Station in October 1960. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection
April 9, 1961: Main Street Station
The number of people at Main Street Station in Los Angeles continued to grow in the early morning hours of April 9, 1961. A scheduled train to Long Beach (single car barely visible on the left) [...]
