Southern District

Pacific Electric blimp interurban no. 415 pauses for passengers at Lynwood Station on the Bellflower Line before heading north to downtown Los Angeles. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric blimp interurban no. 309 crosses Atlantic Blvd. in Lynwood, California. This portion of the old PE right-of-way has become the 105 Freeway. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric blimp interurban no. 300 heads north towards downtown Los Angeles in this image from the Bellflower Line in the early 1950s. Note the trailer-mobile home manufacturer Terra [...]

A close-up image of an original Pacific Electric Bellflower Line destination sign. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric blimp interurban no. 309 heads southbound as part of Bellflower Line service on San Pedro Street (between 6th and 9th Streets) in Los Angeles in this undated image. Jack Finn [...]

Pacific Electric blimps nos. 314 and 309 head towards Los Angeles on the Bellflower Line. They are crossing Vernon Avenue in this undated image. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric blimp no. 410 rolls through 84th and Nadeu in May 1953. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric blimp no. 312 pauses Lynwood Station at the Long Beach Blvd. crossing. Further research has concluded that this scene is now occupied by the 105 Freeway. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric’s weed burner no. 1840 was the first version to serve the PE. Its pilot burned weeds as the car was pushed forward – too well, because a water car had to follow to [...]

Pacific Electric ran special trains for its shop crews from the 6th and Main passenger terminal in downtown Los Angeles direct to the Torrance Shops. This special, led by blimp no. 300, rolls [...]