PE 1141 on Huntington Drive at Warwick Road, San Marino
By Steve Crise Late in the afternoon in July 1947, eighteen-year-old photographer Donald Duke captured this shot of a Pacific Electric Railway two-car train of “elevens” speeding inbound towards [...]
A Blue Goose on a Red Car Line
By Steve Crise Over the years there have been a good number of steam and diesel locomotives displayed along Exposition Boulevard courtesy of Pacific Electric Railway’s Santa Monica Air [...]
Locating Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1251 on the N Line
By Steve Crise This undated photo by Ken Douglas caught my eye the other day while researching our archive for other samples of Type H cars for a future article. This location seemed somewhat [...]
A Time of Transition in Los Angeles Transit
By Ralph Cantos When the LAMTA took over transit operations from the Los Angeles Transit Lines and Metropolitan Coach Lines in March of 1958, a period of transition began. This very interesting [...]