Unknown PE 1553 – Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society

Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection

Pacific Electric electric locomotive no. 1553 by an unknown manufacturer.

PE 1214 rolls northbound on Market Street at 4th Street passing the classic Hotel Casa de Anza. Riverside, California, April 17. 1939. Charles D. Savage photo, Donald Duke collection, PERyhs.org.

February 14, 2023 / Craig Rasmussen Collection, Donald Duke Collection, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection, Steve Crise Collection

Report on the San Bernardino – Riverside Line October 26, 1933

Pacific Electric 5160 at Glendale and Park. Rod Crossley Photo, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection / MLPSI Collection.

February 13, 2023 / Michael Patris Collection, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection, Steve Crise Collection

Pacific Electric 5160 at Park Junction

Rod Crossley Photo. Property of the PERyhs.org / MLPSI. Photographer: E. Rod Crosley. Date: c.1950 Location: Unknown, perhaps 8th Street or Butte Street yards, Los Angeles, California. Railroad: Pacific Electric Railway Engine#: PE 1653 Image notes: Scanned from the original negative. Caption: This never before published photograph by the late E. Rod Crosley documents the usage of smaller diesel electric locomotives by the Pacific Electric Railway. Here PE 1653 is handling a AT&SF / SFRD ice refrigerator car at an unrecorded location, perhaps Butte Street or 8th Street yards in Los Angeles, California.PE 1653 diesel electric locomotive was manufactured by General Electric and was part of a five unit order. It is a 44-ton diesel electric locomotive that produced 380 horsepower with two pairs of Caterpillar D-17000 diesel engines used in pairs. It's maximum speed was only 35 MPH. PE 1653 was part of a second order of 44-ton locomotives from GE that arrived in 1944 from the General Electric plant in Erie Pennsylvania. Note the trolley pole is not in use because it is not needed with in the yard limits to activate signals and crossing devices. Reference: Interurban Specials #37, page 656. Steve Crise Scan 2017. 310 963 9265.

January 23, 2023 / Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection, Steve Crise Collection

Pacific Electric 1653 General Electric 44-Ton Diesel Locomotive

Pacific Electric Magazine for December 10, 1927

December 22, 2022 / Pacific Electric, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection

Merry Christmas from PERYHS to You!

Pacific Electric Railway 1100 Class Passenger Coach By K. W. Hamilton

November 26, 2022 / Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection, Steve Crise Collection

Pacific Electric Railway 1100 Class Passenger Coach

August 5, 2020 / Donald Duke Collection, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection, Western District

5012 on Brand Boulevard in Glendale