Metropolitan Coach Lines / Pacific Electric PCC car no. 5028 heads east on Exposition Blvd. with the University of Southern California looming in the background. This is likely a railfan special train. The image is dated February 22, 1953.
Modified based on comments
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Metro Expo Line, Phase II, Tour 1
[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
Toluca Yard at the Portal
Pacific Electric’s Toluca Yard looking northward from almost above the Subway Terminal tunnel portal. The Beverly Blvd. and 1st Street viaduct is visible in the background.
Jack Finn Collection
Destination Sign Art: Vineyard
Original line art from the Pacific Electric “Vineyard” destination sign.
Jack Finn Collection
Destination Sign Art: 12th & Hill Street Only
Pacific Electric destination sign line art for the “12th & Hill Street Only” sign.
Jack Finn Collection
Destination Sign Art: Echo Park Line
Original line art used to create the Pacific Electric’s Echo Park Line destination signs.
Jack Finn Collection
Pacific Electric Training Film from 1914
Surviving remnants from a 1914 Pacific Electric training film shot on the Western District.
5028 at the Trailer Inn
Pacific Electric PCC no. 5028 passes the Trailer Inn trailer park while traveling south on the Santa Monica Air Line in this image dated February 22, 1953.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
5019 at Toluca Yard
Pacific Electric PCC no. 5019 in service on the Glendale-Burbank Line rests at Toluca Yard on January 25, 1953.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
5003 in North Glendale
Pacific Electric PCC no. 5003 pauses at the North Glendale terminus before heading south to Los Angeles in this image dated May 23, 1941.
Alan Weeks Collection