PERYHS Archives

By Ralph Cantos On April 14, 1912, just after the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg, Captain Smith was informed by the Titanic’s builder Thomas Andrews that the Titanic was doomed and was going [...]

The Los Angeles Railway crew looks to be shoveling fresh ballast onto the private right-of-way at this unknown location featuring Maintenance Car no. 9204. There’s a Security Pacific Bank [...]

It’s road construction time on the W Line as Los Angeles Railway car no. 1535 passes through the barricades near Buena Vista Street on Figueroa. Here’s how it looks today: Steve [...]

Los Angeles Railway cars nos. 1450 and 346 pose at an unidentified LARy carbarn in this undated photo. Love the “Aged Beer is Good for You / Lucky Lager” advertisement on 1450! Steve [...]

Los Angeles Railway Birney no. 1021 is photographed at East Edgeware Road on Tuesday, March 21, 1944. Steve Armitage Collection

Los Angeles Railway car no. 53 on A Line service pauses momentarily as the motorman inspects the front end in this image dated Sunday, January 9, 1944. Steve Armitage Collection

Los Angeles Railway Birney no. 1035 sits idle on Gage Avenue in this 1944 image. Note the “Fresh Fruit” stand that catered to on- and off-boarding passengers (“Candy & [...]

Los Angeles Railway car no. 200 (B17), packed with 44 seats on 8 Line service, sits idle at the Sunset and Spring Street Terminus on a lazy Thursday afternoon, July 31, 1941. In just a few short [...]

Los Angeles Railway car no. 1054 on the G Line rolls down Main Street in downtown Los Angeles in January of 1938. Steve Armitage Collection

Pacific Electric Tower Car No. 00157 Renders by Tim Muir.