In this Andy Goddard photograph dated October 12, 1960, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority blimp no. 1522 is headed westbound on Ocean Avenue at what would be present-day Golden Shore. [...]
Construction of the Santa Monica Freeway is progressing rapidly as seen in this December 3rd, 1960 image by Bruce Ward. Metropolitan Transit Authority 1522 glides by the Interstate -10 overpass [...]
From our friends at The Paragon Agency (publishers of the My American History series) comes this hand-colorized version of the classic image of 1044 bound for Balboa. This image appears in Corona [...]
Pacific Electric no. 1218 rolls south near omnipresent oil derricks in this immediate postwar image dated August 24, 1946. Note the “Newport Beach Limited” sign. Phillips C. Kauke [...]
By Ralph Cantos As the morning sun came up over Southern California on New Years Day, January 2, 1950, the Pacific Electric did what it had done for several decades — that was, to move thousands [...]
Pacific Electric interurban no. 1100 stops at the Artesia passenger shelter during what appears to be a fan trip on the Santa Ana Line. The date is October 5, 1950. L.L. Bonney Photo, Steve Crise [...]
Pacific Electric two-car train headed up by no. 416 prepares to cross the Union Pacific Harbor Line diamond on the Southern District Long Beach Line on May 30, 1953. Robert T. McVay Photo
Pacific Electric blimp no. 434 heads north along Ocean Avenue in Long Beach as part of “Long Beach Limited” service. 434 will be heading to Morgan Yard just north of here next. The [...]
By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric’s Torrance Shop complex could rebuild just about any rail car or bus on the PE roster. Master craftsmen capable of working with wood and steel bodied rail [...]
