PERYHS Archives

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 488 makes the turn at Main and 12th Streets in this B Line photo from July 31, 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection Here’s a contemporary view of the [...]

Looking up Santa Rosa Avenue (aka Christmas Tree Lane) in Altadena, Pacific Electric no. 1123 heads into Los Angeles via the Pasadena Short Line along East Mariposa Street in 1938. This is just [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines trolley bus no. 9001 heads southbound on Main Street near First Street and Los Angeles City Hall in this circa-1955 image. Note the dual-gauge rail still in the street. [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 315 is photographed at Miller and City Terrace on March 22, 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection Here is the location today: View Larger Map

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 488 on B Line service turns east on 12th Street at Main in 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection Here is a contemporary view of this location: View Larger Map

A blended, then-and-now image of the top of the Mount Lowe Incline at Echo Mountain, featuring a late-1800s image composited with a contemporary view of the location. Contemporary photo by Steve [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1240 pauses at 8th Street and Western on the N Line in what today would be Koreatown. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 479 on the N Line at 2nd and Spring Streets, looking east. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

  Here’s a view of the Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) Division 5 Car House, captured from the north end of the property on December 20, 1954.   Alan Weeks [...]

  It’s a bright, sunny day on December 20, 1954, as Los Angeles Transit Line cars nos. 1425 and 1419 are captured at the former Los Angeles Railway Division 5 Car House, located at [...]