By Ralph Cantos When the first Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) took over the operations of the Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) and Metropolitan Coach Lines [...]
From Jeff Lear: My great grandfather was a mechanic and an avid photographer during the early part of the 20th Century. In one of my albums (which I’ve now made public) are several pictures [...]
From contributor Terry Salmans, who found this Orange County Archives image on Flickr: The photo is at the end of track on 4th St. at the Southern Pacific Santa Ana Station. Note the hood over [...]
Pacific Electric PCC no. 5028, obviously shot on a fan trip, but which one? It’s captured at the Hawthorne Pacific Electric station in Hawthorne, California. The image is circa 1950. [...]
It’s January 30, 1958, and Metropolitan Coach Lines car no. 5021 is northbound on the four tracks section of the Long beach Line at Watts. Unknown Photographer, Steve Crise Collection
This Long Beach Express dash sign was used by both the Pacific Electric & Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. Steve Crise Photo, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) blimps nos. 1537 and 1535 roll down the 1100 block of Long Beach Boulevard in this image dated January 23, 1960. Unknown Photographer, Jack Finn [...]
Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps nos. 1521 (bound for San Pedro) and 1527 (bound for Long Beach) idle at 6th and Main in this moody image dated December 7, 1961. Bruce [...]
The Date is November of 1963. The Pacific Electric agency at East Long Beach had long been closed by the time this photograph was taken. The depot was located on Anaheim Street just east of [...]