Pacific Electric Maintenance of Way

Shop switcher no. 1510 was built in 1901 by the Pacific Electric for use at 7th and Alameda Shops. It is shown here, still in service, as the Torrance Shops yard switcher in 1939. Harold Stewart [...]

It’s August of 1958 and Metropolitan Coach Lines (ex-Pacific Electric) no. 00164 and crew are hard at work in the City of Compton on the Southern Division. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric maintenance of way equipment remove rail in Van Nuys near the Los Angeles River. The date is May 2, 1953. Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Pacific Electric generator car no. 00187 (lettered for United States Maritime Commission) sits parked outside the North Hollywood Vineland substation. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric wire greaser no. 00150 stops at a location in the Cahuenga Pass. Modified based on comment Jack Finn Collection

This early image shows a first-generation tower car emerging from the Pasadena & Los Angeles Railway shops (predecessor to the Pacific Electric). Note the advertisements pasted to the [...]

Pacific Electric steeplecab no. 1554 and accompanying single-dome tank car stop just adjacent to the Ramona Sanitarium. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric weed burner no. 00195 stops during its operations adjacent to the Ramona Sanitarium Convalescent Hospital. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric trackwork is underway in this shot of Colorado Blvd. Note the period Route 66 sign. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric work locomotive no. 1554 poses for this shot in a lash-up with a steel tank car. Jack Finn Collection