PERYHS Archives

Pictured is a wood carving by artist Jackie Hadnot, who is known for his train and rail related wood-works and who was also featured on an episode with Huell Howser several years ago creating [...]

An original Harlan Hiney pencil drawing of Pacific Electric no. 1208 at the Covina station. Undated. From the Guy Krivanek Collection. Guy Krivanek Collection

On August 23, 1946, Southern Pacific 2-8-0 no. 2701 is preparing to depart Baldwin Park eastward over the SP’s Covina Branch with Pacific Electric office car no. 1299 in tow. The PE would [...]

By Charles Wherry On September 30, 1951 Pacific Electric ran their last interurban train to Glendora, CA. The following month PE began to remove their famous right of way, beginning at Oneonta [...]

see below for update! By Ralph Cantos For the most part, both the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway were very safe rail systems. The PE operated at much higher speeds than the LARY, and as [...]

Pacific Electric PCC no. 5028 glides in the Atwater district on June 10, 1955, in this classic Alan K. Weeks photo. The PCC is unhampered by auto traffic. Just days later, the line would be [...]

By Ralph Cantos This breathtaking photograph, taken by master photographer Alan K. Weeks, shows the Pacific Electric Glendale-Burbank Line at is best. At the time Alan took this photo, the end [...]

PERYHS’ Steve Crise and Alan K. Weeks are outstanding in the new KCET “Lost LA” episode featuring the Subway Terminal tunnel network still in existence. Trust us – watch [...]

By Ralph Cantos When the first Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (Many Trolley Abandonments) assumed control of transit operations in the City Of Los Angeles, job number one was to begin [...]

Just eleven years after the passing of Henry Huntington, the Pacific Electric Railway Magazine, Volume 18 – Number 11, dated May 10, 1938, extolled the virtues of a visit to the former railroad [...]