Southern District

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 402 pauses at the Compton Post Office in this mid-1950s shot from the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban no. 316 rolls down PE’s private right-of-way in a residential area of Compton. Jack Finn Collection

It’s 1943 and Pacific Electric no. 4511 is rolling through Willowbrook on approach to Greenleaf on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) interurbans (led by no. 453) roll through Compton in this Southern District action shot from 1957. C. R. Scholes Photo Jack Finn Collection

A pair of Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurbans rolls through Willowbrook near Fernwood on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) interurban no. 1529 crosses the bridge at Compton in this Southern Division action shot. The date is April 9, 1961. Jack Finn Collection

Everything is quiet in this image of Pacific Electric trackage near Dominguez Seminary, looking south, on the Southern Division. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection

A Southern Pacific steam locomotive numbered 1327 provides assistance to the Pacific Electric track and catenary construction crew on the Long Beach Line on the Southern Division. This is [...]

A detail shot of a Pacific Electric lineside signal on the Long Beach Line on the Southern Division. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection

A shot along an unidentified Southern Division trackage location is made more notable by the presence of burlap bags along the lineside. Attributed to Charles Lawrence Jack Finn Collection