Headquarters

A view of the 6th and Main Street Pacific Electric Station looking northward on Main Street. Several interesting items to note. First is the dual gauge tracks on Main Street. The standard gauge [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 304 and 308 compete with new PE bus 2843 for passengers at the 6th and Main Street Station in 1950. Hotel Cecil looms in the left background. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurbans nos. 433 (left) and 311 (right) rest at PE’s 6th and Main Street station prior to departure. Note the  pavement-style single point switch in the foreground. [...]

Pacific Electric interurban no. 1231 and its motorman await departure at the PE Headquarters passenger terminal (located at 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles). Note the Glendora-Azusa [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 1224) depart the Pacific Electric Headquarters’ 6th and Main Street passenger terminal on their way to Long Beach as part of Limited service. Note [...]

Pacific Electric interurbans (led by no. 409) leave the 6th and Main terminal in downtown Los Angeles on their way to Long Beach. Jack Finn Collection

Pacific Electric interurban “blimp” no. 409 descends the long ramp (viaduct) from PE’s 6th and Main Terminal and prepares to turn right onto San Pedro Street, the first turn on [...]

Pacific Electric interurban “blimp” no. 317 descends the long ramp from the PE Headquarters terminal at 6th and Main Streets and turns right to go southbound as part of Long Beach [...]

Four Pacific Electric interurbans – nos. 402, 429, 403, and 311 – idle at the Pacific Electric headquarters building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Los Angeles, in this dramatic [...]

An interior shot of the busy Subway Terminal Building in 1946. Modified based on comment Alan Weeks Collection