PERYHS Archives

When I was fifteen I hiked up this abandoned railway with two friends. Took my trusty old Box Camera. Then again my father and I hiked it in 1949. The pictures are not that great but the historic [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-LA Railway) car no. 616 pauses on the 5 Line at Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue in this image dated March 10, 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines (former Los Angeles Railway) car no. 604 with “Townsend Ave / Eagle Rock” sign pauses on the 5 Line at Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue on December 22, [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 950 on the 5 Line catches amazing light in this image taken November 1, 1947. The location is Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 615 with “Inglewood / Hawthorne” signage rests at the 5 Line terminal in Eagle Rock on September 11, 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 950 on 5 Line service (Eagle Rock) is photographed at Eagle Rock Boulevard and Merton on November 30, 1948. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 601 with an “Inglewood Only” sign is captured at the intersection of Jefferson and Grand in this 5 Line action photo taken November 10, 1948. Alan [...]

Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 754 rushes over the Santa Anita Wash viaduct at Duarte in this image dated September 10, 1951. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5064 bound for Arcadia, Monrovia, and Glendora awaits departure from the 6th and Main Street station, its motorman at the ready in this undated photo. Alan [...]

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