Those Pacific Electric Red Cars must have really packed a visual wallop as they rolled around the streets of L.A. This in circa mid 1950s photo, we see a pair of Hollywood Blvd streetcars at the th…

It has been 40 years since the last clang-clang-clang of a trolley in Los Angeles.

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Here’s a piece of history in the making. We’re looking at a Pacific Electric red car on final day of service on the Glendale-Burbank line, June 1955. This is Brand Boulevard at Broadway in Glendale…

A look at the history of the Pacific Electric Red Cars and its ability to ferry working class and communities of color to their jobs and cheap amusements provides a useful primer for the future of Los Angeles transit.

Back: Los Angeles MTA Pacific Electric red cars and buses at the 6th and Main St. Station in 1959. Station shed and viaduct have long since been razed. Photo by Leo Caloia I asked about the Pacific Electric train--information is in comments.

I’m glad that someone was on hand to capture this moment—and in color. This may not have been the very final run, but it’s certainly one of the final Red Car runs on Pacific Electric’s North Hollyw…

The Pacific Electric Railway was a large interurban that served the Los Angeles region. It was abandoned in the 1960's.

These days, of course, there is little left to remind us that back in the heyday of LA public transportation network the Pacific Electric Red Cars ran down the middle of Santa Monica Blvd. Fortunat…

I do enjoy coming across a new photo of a Pacific Electric Red Car – especially when it’s in color. What a bold splash of red they must have made against a gritty urban landscape. This was taken in…

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Back in the day, a Pacific Electric red car atop a steel bridge above Fletcher Drive in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California. More on Atwater Village Newbie. CREDIT: Transportation photographer and prolific publisher Donald Duke, courtesy Metro Transportation Library and Archive Collection. (Click ALL SIZES. The original is 2,000 pixels wide. Great detail of the cars, the train, the billboard.)

The last Red Car rail line shut down in 1961.

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The Pacific Electric, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. Organized around the city centers of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, it connected cities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County. The system shared dual gauge track with the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway, "Yellow Car," or "LARy" system on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles (directly in front of the 6th and Main terminal), on 4th Street, and along Hawthorne Boulevard south of downtown Los Angeles toward the cities of Hawthorne, Gardena, and Torrance. A historical photo collection from Metro Library and Archive that documented activity of the Pacific Electric railway from 1942 to 1945. A specially painted Pacific Electric Railway car 5000, 'Fly for the Navy' at the 6th and Main Street Station, 1942 A specially painted Pacific Electric Railway car 5000, 'Fly for the Navy' at the 6th and Main Street Station, 1942 Crowds of passengers in the Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station after exiting trains, 1942 Pacific Electric Railway Company buses and 1200 series rail cars in United States military service during World War II in San Bernardino, 1942 Pacific Electric Railway Company President Oscar A. Smith and H.O. Marler, PE General Passenger Agent, with United States servicemen, 1942 Passengers at the ticket windows of Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th Main Station, 1942 Servicemen at the front entrance of Pacific Electric-Southern Pacific San Bernardino Station, located on 3rd St. between D and E Streets, 1942 Servicemen marching toward the Pacific Electric-Southern Pacific San Bernardino Station, located on 3rd St. between D and E Steets, 1942 The information booth at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Station during World War II, 1942 The Information Booth at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 The Information Booth at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station, 1942 The Information Booth at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station, 1942 The interior of Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Station during World War II, 1942 The interior of Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 The interior of the Pacific Electric Railway Company's Sixth and Main Station, 1942 The ticket office in the Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen aboard a Pacific Electric Railway Company 4600 series car during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen boarding Maritime Commission cars at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen boarding Maritime Commission cars at the 6th & Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen boarding Pacific Electric railcars at the 6th & Main Street Station during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen on board a 4600 series Pacific Electric Railway Company car during World War II, 1942 United States servicemen on board Pacific Electric Railway Company car no. 1245 during World War II, 1942 World War II servicemen inside the Pacific Electric-Southern Pacific Station in San Bernardino, 1942 World War II troops marching west on 3rd St., between D and E Streets, toward the Pacific Electric-Southern Pacific station, 1942 A Pacific Electric Railway Company bus operater punching the tickets of United States servicemen, 1942 Bellflower Depot, California, circa 1943 Interior of Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station, 1943 Loading in concourse at Main St. Station during WWII, circa 1943 Pacific Electric's 6th and Main Depot interior, circa 1943 WWII Servicemen at Main St Station, 1944 6th St. to Main St. on VJ Day, Sept 1945 A steam engine running west on the eastbound track on 6th Street, at Main Street, Los Angeles, September 1945 PE - Building on V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day). Surrender of Japan during WWII. 6th & Main, August 15, 1945 The Pacific Electric Railway Company building in Downtown Los Angeles after the announcement of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, August 15, 1945 The Pacific Electric Railway Company building in Downtown Los Angeles after the announcement of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, August 15, 1945 The Pacific Electric Railway Company building in Downtown Los Angeles after the announcement of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, August 15, 1945 The concourse gates at Pacific Electric Railway Company's 6th & Main Street Station, 1947

Los Angeles’ Pacific Electric Red Cars were taken out of service in 1961. At their peak, they crisscrossed four counties on more than 1,000 miles of track. Related: Trolley buff guides others…

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Pacific Electric interurban no. 1044 is photographed at Los Cerritos on October 30, 1949. Robert T. McVay Photo

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The Pacific Electric Railway was a large interurban that served the Los Angeles region. It was abandoned in the 1960's.

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The Pacific Electric Railway was a large interurban that served the Los Angeles region. It was abandoned in the 1960's.

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The Pacific Electric Railway was a large interurban that served the Los Angeles region. It was abandoned in the 1960's.

No. #331 at Orange Empire Railroad Museum Pacific Electric Built in: 1918 Builder: J.G. Brill Car Company (ord#1153A) Type:streetcar (Birney safety car) Status:operated occasionally Constructed of:steel Roof:AR Ended:DE Length:24'6" Width:7'11" Height"10'2" Weight:14700# Seats:32 Out of Service:1940 Gauge:4'8.5" Wheels:4 (B) Total Horsepower:50 Trucks:Brill 78M1 Motors:GE 258C (2) Control:K-10Q Brakes:SME CompressCP-25 Pacific Electric #361 1918-? / Pacific Electric #331 ?-1940 / 1st preserved by Metro Goldwyn-Mayer 1940-1966 / Orange Empire Railway Museum(Perris, California) 1966-present data from www.bera.org/cgi-bin/pnaerc-query.pl?sel_curown=Orange+Em...

This circa early 1950s photo shows what a vivid splash of color the Pacific Electric Red Cars added to the Los Angeles cityscape. This one was heading south at the top end of Highland Ave outside t…

Until I came across this photo, I never knew that some models of the Pacific Electric Red Cars could be coupled together. And even then, it would be only in places with intersections wide enough to…

I’m so glad this early 1950s shot was in color because we can see the splash of a vibrant Pacific Electric Red Car heading east along Santa Monica Blvd at Western Blvd. In this one photo there is a…

By G. Mac Sebree History of the Pacific Electric Railway By any standard, the Pacific Electric was the largest interurban electric railway in the United States. It boasted more than 1,000 miles of track and had 1,000-plus cars. It played a major role in building up the vast open areas surrounding Los Angeles. The cities [...]Read More...

By Ralph Cantos The former Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 711, now renumbered to 5161 and looking “as good as new,” rolls along Hollywood Boulevard at La Brea Avenue in this undated photo. Ralph Cantos Collection