Southern District

Pacific Electric electric freight locomotive no. 1593 and crew pause for this photograph taken at Graham Yard. Modified based on comment Robert T. McVay Photo, Norm Suydam Collection

A Pacific Electric car (possibly no. 148 or 149) rolls along downtown Santa Ana’s 4th street in 1910 awaiting the arrival of the Ringling Bros. Circus parade (see the wagon in the [...]

A Pacific Electric interurban with a “Huntington Beach Excursion” banner draped on its side rests with another unit at the Huntington Beach Station in 1915. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1039 and its train await the repair crew after they hit a hay truck at high speed on the Santa Ana Line in July 1927 with spectacular results. Ralph Cantos Collection

Two unidentified young men shake hands before Pacific Electric interurban no. 1051 wearing Torrance destination signs. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

Dominguez Tower as attributed to famed Pacific Electric photographer Charles Lawrence. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection

The City of Long Beach commissioned local artist Patrick Vogel to create this rendition of Pacific Electric no. 1001 as a new installation at the refurbished Orizaba Park, which is bisected by [...]

A lineup of Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps, lead by no. 455, sits patiently at the Catalina Docks in San Pedro. The image dates from the 1957-1958 period. L. Swanson Photo [...]

Pacific Electric cars, lead by no. 1028, sit staged at Third Street on January 2, 1949. Ralph Cantos Collection

Pacific Electric Catalina Special no. 4611 leads a three-unit train down the viaduct at the 6th and Main Street station in downtown Los Angeles on its way to the Catalina terminal in San Pedro. [...]