SURVIVING EQUIPMENT OF THE
PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY

The Pacific Electric Railway, or PE, was an interurban and urban trolley system.  It carried millions of passengers, but was also an important freight carrier.  It ran electric and steam locomotives, and eventually diesel switchers. From downtown Los Angeles it operated routes north into the San Fernando Valley; east to Pasadena, San Bernardino, and Riverside; south to Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Long Beach, and San Pedro; and west to Torrance, Redondo Beach, Venice, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Hollywood.

Special thanks to Bob Allessi for his help in locating many of the structures.

NOTE: if you know of any surviving equipment which is not listed, please notify the host.

This page is part of David Coscia's SP site
January 22, 2012

DEPOTS AND SHELTERS
Bellflower depot	Bellflower Blvd at the railroad tracks, north of Mayne; structure restored
Colton depot	shared SP; 9th Street south of the freeway; now a building supply store
Etiwanda depot	7089 Etiwanda Avenue, north of Base Line; now the office for El Dorado Wood Products
Fullerton depot	136 East Commonwealth; now a restaurant, Amtrak/Metrolink depot behind it
Fontana freight depot	north of Arrow Highway on Spring, just west of Sierra; Arts & Crafts center with rail sections and ties as car tire stops in the parking lot
Hansen shelter	now the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad depot at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park
La Habra depot	311 South Euclid; now a performing art's theater
Lynwood shelter	moved to Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., west of Bullis Road
North Hollywood depot	shared the SP depot; Chandler and Lankershim; owned by MTA
Palms depot	Moved to the Heritage Square Museum in Highland Park; 3800 Homer St.
Raymond Hotel shelter	Intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Columbia Street in Pasadena
Rio Vista shelter	moved to Travel Town in Griffith park; website photo shows next to horse car
Rialto depot	Riverside Ave., north of First street; now a restaurant
San Antonio Heights shelter	located in the northeast corner of San Antonio Park
San Pedro depot	264 E 22nd St; served WW I era Navy and Submarine landing on Outer Harbor line
Santa Monica transfer station	174 Kinney Street, now the Enterprise Fish Company restaurant
Soldier's Home shelter	now Building 66 of the West LA VA Medical Center, north of Wilshire
Tokio depot	Possible replica; 1641 Abbot Kinney, Venice; now a commercial structure
Torrance depot	1250 Cabrillo; The Depot Restaurant
Venice ticket agency	25 Windward; now a hostel
Watts freight depot	Metro Blue Line station at 103 St./Kenneth Hahn; now a business
Whittier freight depot	shared SP; moved to Greenleaf Avenue near Mar Vista St.; now the Transit Center
Whittier depot	storefront ticket agency; now the Moose Hall at Philadelphia and Comstock streets
Yorba Linda depot	18132 Imperial Hwy, modified but recognizable, now Polly’s Bakery Cafe

STRUCTURES
Pacific Electric Building	Los Angeles; 610 South Main; corner of 6th and Main
Santa Monica general agents office	175 Pier Avenue, now Pacheco Salon
Subway Terminal Building	Los Angeles; 417 South Hill St, corner of 4th and Hill
Redlands car barn	746 Citrus, one block east of Redlands; now an auto repair shop
Ontario bus depot	211-215 South Laurel Avenue; current use unknown
Pasadena motor coach barn	455 South Arroyo Parkway; now a Gelson’s Market, only part of the façade is original
Santa Ana Line monument	Garden Grove; Trask Blvd. and Newhope Ave; remnant of Santa Ana Line; now a park
Grand Canal Bridge	Venice Boulevard west of Washington Boulevard
Puente Largo Bridge	Between the cities of Duarte and Azusa; large multi-span concrete-arch bridge that carried the Glendora Line over the San Gabriel River
Redlands Bridge	across the Santa Ana River, south of Mountain View Avenue near the power plant
Santa Ana Bridge	truss bridge crossing the Santa Ana River near 5th street in Santa Ana
West Street Bridge	Former Vineyard stop; Venice Boulevard near Crenshaw Boulevard; wire hangers for catenary still visible
Subway portal	remnant of the subway tunnel located at Toluca Yard (Glendale and 2nd Street). The portal has been sealed
Mission Road Viaduct	over Mission Road in Los Angeles, built in 1934, now the Soto Street overpass
Torrance Viaduct	across Torrance Avenue near Cabrillo Street

SUBSTATIONS
Altadena substation	#8; Lake Avenue north of Calaveras Street
Ivy substation	#39; 9070 Venice Blvd., corner at Culver Blvd., now a meeting hall and theater
Los Nietos substation	#10; can be seen looking east from former PE crossing of Norwalk  Blvd
North Hollywood substation	#30; 11000 Riverside Drive, corner at Vineland, now offices
Olive substation	#35; 2798 Sunset Blvd, southeast corner at Occidental Blvd, covered in vines
Pasadena substation	#2; northeast corner of Fair Oaks and State
Santa Ana substation	#14; Lacy Avenue north of 4th Street; now a historical monument
Toluca substation	#51; in Toluca Yard
Vineland substation	#?; Badillo Street at E. Virginia Avenue in Baldwin Park

EQUIPMENT
Car information taken from the three volumes of "Cars of the Pacific Electric."
Ferroclub Argentino	Buenos Aires, Argentina
PE 1100	1100-class
PE 758	Hollywood Car
PE 954	steeplecab electric locomotive
Seashore Trolley Museum	Kennebunk, ME
PE 680	Hollywood Car
part of a private cabin	Crestline, CA
PE 510	Unknown
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum	Exposition Park; Los Angeles, CA
PE 00197	West Hollywood shops sand car; restored and painted as Electric Rapid Transit Company
Travel Town Museum	Griffith Park; Los Angeles, CA
PE 1544	sloped electric locomotive, built in 1902; Central Pacific 201, North Shore "Electra"
MTA 1543	motor coach "Blimp", from Interurban Electric Railway
Western Railway Museum	Rio Vista, CA
PE 457	motor coach "Blimp", from Interurban Electric Railway
Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Cars	San Pedro, CA
PE 963	now a representation of a PE Ten
Seal Beach Historical Society	Main St. and Electric St.; Seal Beach, CA
PE 1734	tower car, built in 1925
Washington St. entrance to Wilson Park, near Southern California Live Steamers	Torrance, CA
PE 4601	motor car blimp, shell on freight car trucks, was involved in crash in 1945
Orange Empire Railway Museum	Perris, CA
PE 1624	steeplecab electric locomotive, built in 1924
PE 00150	trolley wire greaser, built from car 1710
PE 00157	tower car, built in 1915
PE 1905	wood flat-top caboose, from box car built in 1896
PE 1962	wood flat-top caboose, built in 1939
PE 1970	wood cupola caboose, built in 1915; from Lehigh Valley
PE 1971	wood cupola caboose, built in 1915; from Lehigh Valley
PE 1973	wood cupola caboose, built in 1926; from Lehigh Valley
PE 1985	wood cupola caboose, built in 1915;  from Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac
PE 2704	B-50-13 wood outside frame box car, built in 1924
PE 2721	B-50-13 wood outside frame box car, built in 1924
PE 2729	B-50-13 wood outside frame box car, built in 1924
PE 2731	B-50-13 wood outside frame box car, built in 1924
PE 2737	B-50-13 wood outside frame box car, built in 1924
PE 179	steel center-entrance car, built in 1912; from Interurban Electric Railway
PE 314	motor coach "Blimp", rebuilt  from car 4509 in 1947; from Northwestern Pacific
PE 331	steel Birney single truck "safety" car, built in 1918
PE 332	steel Birney single truck "safety" car, built in 1918
PE 418	motor coach "Blimp", rebuilt  from car 4614 in 1947; from Interurban Electric Railway
PE 498	combination baggage-coach "Blimp"; from Interurban Electric Railway
PE 511	wood on steel underframe "Baby Five", built in 1902; from old P.E.
PE 524	wood on steel underframe "Baby Five", built in 1902; from old P.E.
PE 530	wood on steel underframe, "Medium Five", built in 1909; from old P.E.
PE 538	wood on steel underframe, "Medium Five", built in 1909; from old P.E.
PE 637	steel center-entrance "Hollywood" car, built in 1922
PE 655	steel center-entrance "Hollywood" car, built in 1924
PE 716	steel center-entrance "Hollywood" car, built in 1925
PE 717	steel center-entrance "Hollywood" car, built in 1925
PE 993	wood on steel underframe, built in 1907; from Los Angeles Pacific
PE 1000	wood on steel underframe, deluxe business car
PE 1001	wood on steel underframe, built in 1913
PE 1045	wood on steel underframe trailer, built in 1908; from Visalia Electric
PE 1046	wood on steel underframe trailer, built in 1908; from Visalia Electric
PE 1406	RPO-baggage "Blimp", built in 1913; from Portland Eugene & Eastern
PE 1299	steel deluxe business car, built from Portland Eugune & Eastern trailer in 1929
PE 5123	steel center-entrance "Hollywood" car, rebuilt from car 626 in 1950
PE 2241	motor coach, 1947 White Model 798 with 12-cylinder gasoline engine
PE 2263	motor coach, 1947 White Model 798 with 12-cylinder gasoline engine