Southern District

Saturday April 8, 1961 was the last full day of service on the Long Beach line and the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association ran a charter during the day.   Car 1706 is shown southbound paused [...]

By Stephen Dudley It’s later afternoon on April 7, 1961, as one of the last Limited trains to Long Beach rolls to a stop at Los Cerritos.   This stop was well-patronized during the morning [...]

By Stephen Dudley This picture taken April 6, 1961 at the Main Street Station.  The day was the Thursday before abandonment.  In preparation for the run to Long Beach, the motorman had just [...]

Taken in November 1959, this time-lapse photo shows an evening train to Long Beach as it slows and then stops at Los Cerritos. The way the headlight lit up the track as the train approaches makes [...]

A rush hour Long Beach limited train in December of 1960 running southbound just after crossing Wardlow Road. Stephen Dudley Photo and Collection

Taken in December 1960, this time-lapse photo captures a northbound evening train running on the single track approach to the Los Angeles River bridge and then over the bridge. Stephen Dudley [...]

By Ralph Cantos This spectacular photograph of the Pacific Electric’s San Pedro Station shows a 3-car train of 10 Hundreds waiting departure time to Los Angeles, as a former Portland [...]

Pacific Electric 1218 Southbound along Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach, August 24, 1946. © 1946 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric no. 1402 at Torrance Shops, March 21, 1937. The 1402 was a former Ocean Shore Railway car. © 1937 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection

Pacific Electric 1401 at San Pedro, , November 18, 1939. © 1939 by Phillips C. Kauke, Stan Kistler Collection