Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

This group of 180 boys from the Pasadena YMCA will shortly be on their way to the 1924 opening of the movie Iron Horse at the Grauman Hollywood Egyptian Theatre, made possible by this lineup of [...]

Pacific Electric ran special trains for its shop crews from the 6th and Main passenger terminal in downtown Los Angeles direct to the Torrance Shops. This special, led by blimp no. 300, rolls [...]

Pacific Electric wooden steeple cab no. 1552 was built by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway and came to the PE in the 1912 Great Merger. It survived into the 1930s as a switcher at the Torrance [...]

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1458 crosses the San Gabriel River and onto double trackage. Modified based on comment Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection Donald Duke Collection

Pacific Electric box motor no. 1445 poses at 8th Street Yard with motorman J. F. Biddle (in jumper), conductor C. W. Lucas (center), and conductor R. L. Bruce (right). Mount Lowe Preservation [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 972 pauses during a layover in front of the San Pedro station. PE owned 90 800-series cars – their first high-speed interurbans. Mount Lowe Preservation [...]

The Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society presents the “Pacific Electric Trolley Waltz” from 1906 accompanied by a visual selection from our online image archive. This [...]

Tilton’s Trolley Trip die cut and folded brochure. Trips began at the Pacific Electric Railway building at 6th and Main. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

Pacific Electric Railway book of matches. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection

A pair of cast brass match strikers which graced the Pacific Electric Railway red cars. Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. Collection