Old PE Rail Unearthed in Orange
From Matt McMenamin: I am the Resident Engineer on a new parking structure project for the City of Orange in old town Orange, CA. We have started the clearing and grubbing work on the site. The [...]
LARY 67
Los Angeles Railway no. 67 photographed at Central and Slauson, Los Angeles, May 20, 1947. Bottom of negative has written in green ink “KILLE-WCW” – does anyone know what this [...]
LARY 4: A smashing end to a long career
By Ralph Cantos The Los Angeles Railway’s fleet of MAGGIEs worked the hilly I line for several decades. Unlike the majority of LARY’s car fleet that used air brakes, the MAGIEs used [...]
Rod and Gun Club Button
By Al Donnelly Design for the Alpine Division seems to betray the origin of this screw-back lapel pin as Pacific Electric. There are no makers marks to be found. While the club was quartered in [...]
1949 Los Angeles Transit Lines Pass
From the collection of Al Donnelly comes this beautifully preserved 1949 pass for the Los Angeles Transit Lines. As Al puts it, “a weekly pass six years before James Dean made the [...]
June 28, 1957: American Legion Parade in Long Beach
By Stephen Dudley On June 28, 1957 there was an American Legion Parade on Ocean Avenue in Long Beach that blocked the tracks at the end of the Long Beach Line. For several hours, trains operated [...]
Steam SP 1740 and its single car train depart the depot at Covina
By Charles Wherry It’s apparent that SP still enjoyed a considerable citrus traffic at Covina. In the distance, about 10-15 cars ahead of the engine, on the north side of the track can be seen [...]
Southern Pacific 1740 Preparing to Depart SP Covina Depot
By Charles Wherry This photo was taken sometime in August to October, 1946 while on an inspection trip ordered by Pacific Electric management to view the trackage of Southern Pacific’s Covina [...]
Pacific Electric 1299 at Southern Pacific’s Covina Station
The motorman for the day is seen at the controls of the 1299 at SP Covina prior to installation of trolley overhead. Photo taken sometime between August and October, 1946. William Wherry Photo, [...]
Pacific Electric 5021 Under Gray Skies: A Dark Omen of Things to Come
By Ralph Cantos In this October 1949 photo, Pacific Electric PCC no. 5021 rolls to a stop on Brand Boulevard at Broadway. This was urban rail transit at its finest. The Glendale-Burbank Line was [...]
