By Ralph Cantos This publicity photograph taken on the north bound lanes of the Cahuenga Pass was staged for all to behold. Pacific Electric proclaimed that a new era in transportation had [...]
By Ralph Cantos The postcard images depicted here show the Cahuenga Pass over a 45-year span. The image above shows the Pacific Electric’s car tracks in the center of the then-called [...]
By Ralph Cantos This tattered old photograph taken in January 1912 depicts the civic and cooperate pride in the grand breaking ceremonies associated with the extension of “modern light [...]
By Ralph Cantos In this modern day and age of “low floor,” hermetically sealed, air-conditioned transit conveniences, who can dispute the classic, almost Victorian beauty of Pacific [...]
By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo taken on the morning of June 18, 1955 shows Pacific Electric PCCs nos. 5009 and 5017 laying over at Burbank Yard. On a “normal” weekend, at least [...]
By Ralph Cantos June 19, 1955, will live in infamy among Los Angeles rail fans and commuters. On that day, the most dastardly deed ever perpetrated on Los Angeles commuters was enacted by [...]
By Paul Ayers My father, Ray Ayers, and my uncle, Loren Ayers, were serious railfans; Loren was the photographer of the two. They somehow learned of a railfan special scheduled for the last day [...]
By Ralph Cantos Heavy rains in 1938 caused havoc all over Los Angeles and Southern California. Here, Pacific Electric Birney no. 335 sits in traction motor-high rain water on Franklin Avenue in [...]
By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric’s double end PCCs were arguably the most beautiful PCCs ever built. Unfortunately for PE’s Pullman built PCCs, beauty did not translate into [...]
By Ralph Cantos The shortest distance between two points is often described “as the crow flies.” So it was in 1897. That’s when the Pasadena & Pacific Railway wanted to [...]
