February 24, 1957, on viaduct at Firestone Boulevard and Park Lane, sometime after leaving the 6th and Main Street Station, conveniently stopped so photographers could get a picture.
Here’s a photo of the location today with the Blue Line overpass replacing the viaduct.
Stephen Dudley Photo, Stephen Dudley Collection
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Blimp No. 312 heads southbound at the Lynwood station on January 28, 1956. Today this location is under the 105 Freeway; the station would be located under the right side, westbound on ramp.
The Lynwood depot was located on the Santa Ana Line in Lynwood on the corner of Long Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue. The line ran from Watts to downtown Santa Ana. The entire line from LA to Santa Ana was 33 miles. The line launched in 1903 and ended May 25, 1958.
Craig Rasmussen Collection and Eriks Garsvo Image
Here’s a neat animation created by Eriks Garsvo showing a modern-day view of the old Los Angeles River Pacific Electric bridge pilings, with a Then-and-Now animation re-creation.
Standing in the middle of Colorado Boulevard, looking west, just east of Fair Oaks on May 12, 1946, L. T. Gotchy catches the Pacific Electric Railway ticket office on the left and the Owl Drug Store on the right. Note the intersection has not changed immensely, and it is still referred to as Route 66. Also note the bus on the left side, stopped just short of the intersection.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Archives, Jack Whitmeyer Collection
Here’s a contemporary view of the location:
Looking up Santa Rosa Avenue (aka Christmas Tree Lane) in Altadena, Pacific Electric no. 1123 heads into Los Angeles via the Pasadena Short Line along East Mariposa Street in 1938. This is just 18 years after Christmas Tree Lane came into existence and three years after the Mount Lowe line of the PE had been closed down.
Craig Rasmussen Collection
Here’s the view of this location today:
A blended, then-and-now image of the top of the Mount Lowe Incline at Echo Mountain, featuring a late-1800s image composited with a contemporary view of the location. Contemporary photo by Steve Crise. Compositing by Jim Bunte.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
The past comes into view in this blended image of contemporary 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles with an exact-location match featuring Pacific Electric 1051 from the Jack Finn Collection.
Contemporary photo by Steve Crise, vintage photo Jack Finn Collection, compositing by Jim Bunte
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) J Line PCC car no. 3062 negotiates traffic on Pacific Boulevard near Saturn Avenue in Huntington Park in this shot dated February 1963. An MTA Compton Line bus looms in the background.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
Modified based on comment
Here is a contemporary view of the location:
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Pacific Electric PCC car no. 5028 is captured on a fan trip run in Huntington Park at the intersection of Randolph Street and Pacific Blvd.. Note how jam-packed the car is in this image dated February 22, 1953.
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Modified based on comments
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EEd72CDAgc”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527528823237{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Here’s a terrific “walking tour” by of the old Pacific Electric right-of-way that will become the new Expo Line. From the filmmaker Bendix5:Continue reading