Western District

  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 [...]

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:

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

Original line art from the Pacific Electric “Vineyard” destination sign. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric destination sign line art for the “12th & Hill Street Only” sign. Jack Finn Collection

Original line art used to create the Pacific Electric’s Echo Park Line destination signs. Jack Finn Collection

Surviving remnants from a 1914 Pacific Electric training film shot on the Western District.

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

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

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