PERYHS Archives

Lewis Osborne (1887 – 1972) Untitled. Oil on board circa 1930, the Los Angeles Railway “Yellow Car” pauses at Lincoln Park awaiting transfer of passengers on the “W” Line. Approximately 8×10 [...]

Editor’s Note: Image courtesy of Chris Alvarez-C. Collection, used with permission. By Gary Starre I came across this picture a couple of months ago while browsing the internet. These were [...]

by Ralph Cantos This 1937 Westinghouse full-page ad shows new Los Angeles Railway no. 3007 photographed on 2nd. Avenue between 48th & 54th streets. This section of track did not have any [...]

Glendale & Montrose no. 10, seen on the left, is making a passenger stop at the entrance of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California. The exact date is of this photograph is not [...]

By Ralph Cantos From their 1936 introduction until the end of 1939, almost 900 air-electric PCCs had been built and delivered to several US cities. While St. Louis Car Co. built the majority of [...]

Editor’s Note: News upon the sudden closure of the West Hollywood architectural icon Formosa Cafe, whose exterior features former Pacific Electric car no. 913, prompted transit historian [...]

By Ralph Cantos This very rare photo taken in 1914 shows Pacific Electric car no. 214 southbound on the new El Segundo Line, just after leaving Watts. Like the Santa Monica Air Line, passenger [...]

By Ralph Cantos All-electric PCCs nos. 3137 and 3143 were photographed by the late Jerry Squire; this image is courtesy the Andy Goddard collection. The two-truck caravan is pictured here on [...]

Here are a collection of images of Pacific Electric no. 1260, its many adventures and even a prominent mishap, all captured by photographers back in the day.

By Ralph Cantos This photo, taken by the late Jerry Squire, is from the Andy Goddard mega-collection. PCC 3148, St. Louis Car Co. class of 1948, rolls south at Watts in the early evening haze. [...]