Southern Pacific 1740 and PE 1299 at Lone Hill
Southern Pacific 1740 has stopped at the Pacific Electric’s Staff System bungalow at Lone Hill while the conductor, just visible at the right of the bungalow, is obtaining further staff authority [...]
1299 and the Pacific Electric Brass
Here the full full weight of Pacific Electric upper management is on display. The occasion is an inspection trip over Southern Pacific’s Covina branch sometime between August and October, 1946 to [...]
1299 and Southern Pacific 1740 at Covina
By Charles Wherry Here is Southern Pacific no. 1740 with Pacific Electric’s no. 1299 in tow pausing at the SP Covina station while the top brass inspect the facilities inside the depot. The [...]
Pacific Electric and World War II Hysteria, Part 2
By Ralph Cantos In this photo from March 1942, Pacific Electric cars 1373 and 1375 are seen at the Santa Anita Racetrack. The Japanese-American gentleman in the foreground seems a little [...]
“Pacific Electric Moves Electric Interlocking Machine ‘Ensemble'” (1926)
From a 1926-vintage issue of Railway Signaling Magazine comes this reprint (courtesy Google) by Charles H. Lay, General Construction Foreman for the PE, entitled” “Pacific Electric [...]