It is hard to believe these, the original cars on the Trolley, Siemens–Duewag U2s, have seen 29 years of service.
Bus vs. Red Line in this afternoon rush scene on the S Line as viewed from San Pedro looking north at the El Rey. We all know who won this war. If you would like to more about the facinating sto... (more)
Afternoon rush on the S Line as seen from San Pedro looking north at the El Rey. Yellow narrow gauge cars and standard guage Red Cars of the Pacific Electric shared San Pedro street. For a faci... (more)
Rolling through Macy St with a crowd of Rose Parade afficionadoes is a train of three wooden 1000 series cars, one of the more famous of PE’s car groups. The late Ivan Baker recorded this view... (more)
Pacific Electric had two major 4-track main lines. This one from east of Macy St carried many routes; here 1113 races east to Pasadena via the ‘Short Line’. Harold F Stewart, a PE motorman o... (more)
In Pasadena CA January 1st is Rose Parade day (as well as that other event with a pigskin) and PE used cars from all over to ferry passengers from downtown LA. When that occurred PCC cars operate... (more)
Pacific Electric ran but 30 PCC cars over their huge network. Normally they operated GLENDALE-BURBANK as seen here but briefly in 1941-42 they also served the VENICE SHORT LINE and its short-turn... (more)
An out of service trolley is en-route back to the yard.