Western District

In this 1906 postcard from the Pacific Railroad Society Collection, we are looking east on Oregon Avenue, which was the original name of Santa Monica Boulevard in this part of Los Angeles, [...]

By Ralph Cantos This remarkable old photo, taken around 1908-09, shows a Los Angeles Pacific trolley at the end of the single-track Laurel Canyon Line. The camera looks south as one of the two [...]

By Ralph Cantos What a difference 30 years makes. It’s now 1954 and Gardner Junction is in the last months of its life. Three Hollywood cars can be seen in this photo. For reasons lost to [...]

By Ralph Cantos Gardner Junction was so named because of its location at Gardner Street and Sunset Boulevard. At this point, the LAUREL CANYON line diverged from the Hollywood/Beverly Hills main [...]

A Pacific Electric Hollywood car streaks westbound on Chandler Boulevard in this undated image. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

By Ralph Cantos The events of December 7, 1941 united this country like nothing ever — or since. Patriotism united Americans during World War II to levels that would never be seen again. Feature [...]

By Ralph Cantos Image courtesy Guy Span Hollywood car 736 burst into the morning sun as it approaches 1st & Hill Streets. The third rail was for the LARY / LATL A line that was abandoned on [...]

By Ralph Cantos When the Pacific Electric Railway took delivery of their 30 new Pullman Standard MU PCCs in November of 1940, the Railway was the talk of the transit industry. The whole idea [...]

Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 735 rolls through (what else?) West Hollywood near Robertson Boulevard in this circa-1950 image. 735 is headed west and approaching Robertson, with [...]

Pacific Electric PCCs nos. 5021 and 5028 are captured on Brand Boulevard at Broadway in Glendale. The cars are headed southbound; the Alex Theater obelisk is seen in the background, but not the [...]