The Dragons of Long Beach
By Steve Crise The year: 1921. The place, PE’s Long Beach Station. Dragon 72 (ex-San Jose RR. 133) loads on Ocean Ave at Pine Street. The car, surrounded by Tens on the Los Angeles run, is [...]
Green 1543 North of Compton
By Stephen Dudley In December 1960 car 1543 leads a two-car Los Angeles train stopped for morning passengers just north of Compton. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection
Green 1543 North of Los Cerritos
By Stephen Dudley In this view from December 1960, Green car 1543 heads a northbound train just past the Los Cerritos stop and is seen entering the approach to the single track bridge over the [...]
“Parking for PE Patrons Only”
The interurban era was close to ending in December 1960 but a sign from Pacific Electric days still welcomed patrons to use the parking lot at Dominguez Junction. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection
Substation at Dominguez Junction: December 1960
By December of 1960, in this view looking to the north, the exterior of the portable substation (parked in front of the Dominguez Junction powerhouse) had seen better days, but at least it was [...]
Northbound at the LA River, 1958
View of the Los Angeles River bridge taken in 1958 as a northbound train crosses. As of late 1956 the cement portion of the river channel ended just on the other side of the bridge — by [...]
318 Southbound at the LA River
On the Long Beach line, a southbound limited train is shown just after it had crossed the new bridge over the Los Angeles River. Photo taken 12-27-1956. Work was underway to cement the river [...]
00164 at the LA River Bridge
Photo taken 12-27-1956 as tower car former PE 00164 proceeds on a routine northbound run at the approach to the Los Angeles River bridge. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection
Riding the Heavy Iron on San Pedro Street
By Ralph Cantos One picture is worth a thousand words. The extremely high track and overhead standards to which the City of Los Angeles imposed on the PE and LARY around 1918 is clearly in [...]
