Southern District

Pacific Electric freight service in South Los Angeles on April 11, 1953, led by locomotive nos. 1620, 1631 and 1326. The location is South LA Junction. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Stacks of carbodies signal the end of rail service in Los Angeles with these former Pacific Electric streetcars neatly arranged at a Terminal Island scrapyard. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric Express Combination no. 498 streaks past Watts Tower. Alan Weeks Collection

A special charter by the ERA (Electrical Railway Association?) led by Metropolitan Transit Authority no. 1815 as a “Catalina Special” poses with the oil derricks of Wilmington in the [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps led by no. 1500 proceed south on the Long Beach Line at San Pedro and 7th Street on September 10, 1958. An MTA (ex-Los Angeles Transit [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) no. 1440 heads south on the S Line at San Pedro and 9th Streets in Los Angeles on September 10, 1958. A string of ex-Pacific Electric [...]

Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp no.1543 in contemporary colors rolls through the four-track main line at Slauson Junction on October 4, 1960. This car now rests at [...]

A string of Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) streetcars line up outside the Watts Car House on October 3, 1959. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Railfans crowd the viewing portholes on Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 1519 blimp on the last run from Long Beach to the Subway Terminal Building in downtown Los [...]

Five Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) blimps led by no. 314 pause on the San Pedro Line. The cars were specially chartered for National Railway Historical Society convention service [...]