Pacific electric railway and the arrowhead hot springs line trolley car or auto service is to the right, adjacent to the track. The first was issue 178 published in august 1954 electric interurban lines of the northwestern pacific railroad. Pacific electric high quality railroad, train, railway. On february 16, 1881, canadas governor general declared the canadian pacific railway company official and the railway company was born. Pacific electric railway co token, one fare zone 12. All were opened primarily as passenger carriers, although many survived as freight railways after passenger service ceased.
The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs many with corresponding original and copy negatives, 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the pacific electric railway, ca. Pacific electric railway historical society posts facebook. Pacific electric locomotives, work equipment, freight cars. Pacific electric railway historical society, san gabriel. Northwestern pacific railroads marin county interurban. Depending on whether a country had rich coal deposits or huge hydropower resources, the reasons to electrify railways would have differed. The pacific electric railway reporting mark pe, also known as the red car system an interurban mass transit system in southern california from 1901 to 1961, using streetcars, light rail, and buses. Bureau in either station for a time table of the number indicated. Electric railway historical association of southern california.
A replica pacific electric 500 grinds away from the stop across from the san pedro ferry building. It was once part of the northsouth torrance to san pedro spur line of the pacific electric railway. Find highquality pacific electric railway stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. The pacific electric was also the thirdlargest railway in california in terms of freight cars handled, ranking ahead of union pacific or western pacific in traffic within california. A long tradition in electric railway engineering electrifying history. Pacific electric railway historical society photos. Pacific electric railway local and regional history books. This auction is for a token good for one fare, zone 12 of the pacific electric railway co. Pacific electric railway historic southern santa ana. Collection overview collection details biographical historical immediate source of.
The pacific electric railway historical society peryhs is a nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation of. Line names primarily from the mcgraw transit directory, 1920, p. The second was issue number 308 published in september 1965 north shore r. The pacific electric, nicknamed the big red cars was the most extensive interurban trolley system ever constructed and was highly respected for its quality standards. In moodys manual of investmentspublic utilities, 1920. This dvd outlines the history of both of these famous electric rail lines. The puget sound electric railway began service on september 25, 1902, between seattle and tacoma, connecting communities in the white river valley area. Pacific electric railway stock pictures, royaltyfree. List of interurban railways in north america wikipedia. The pacific electric railway historical society peryhs is a nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the pacific electric railway. Relief map of territory served by lines of the pacific electric railway. The pacific electric railway company, nicknamed the red cars, is a former, privately.
The interurban brought growth and development, but it also brought peril for pacific residents. For more than 40 years, the pacific electric railway played an important role in the. The pacific electric railroad bridge or southern pacific railroad bridge is a historic railroad bridge in torrance, california usa. The albany street railway company began operation on august 30, 1889, with a onemile horsecar line that ran from the southern pacific depot to downtown by way of lyon street and first avenue, terminating at second and washington. In the film, they were purchased by cloverleaf industries so they could be dismantled. Eventually jeffery moreau and michael patris were added to the board. This became northwestern pacific as electra amd later became central pacific as 201. Get the best deals for pacific electric railway at. Pacific electric railway historical society, san gabriel, california. It operated 2700 daily trains over miles of track.
Afterwards, sanbag partnered with the friends of the pacific electric trail to provide funding to build the trail path. Even so, many notable innovations occurred simultaneously yet independently. However, the electric railway historical association of southern california has for well over forty years covered the history and operation of electric lines, predominantly in southern california, and their website contains much information about sp electric operations. Photograph shows pe building in background with trains carrying new years day traffic over the viaduct to. Pacific railway acts, 1862, 1864, two measures that provided federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the united states the first pacific railway act july 1, 1862 authorized the building of the railroad and granted rights of way to the union pacific to build westward from omaha, neb. Pacific electric railway company railroad history and. Pacific electric railway was created with henry edwards huntington as principal stockholder. Pacific electric railway historical society pacific. Elsewhere, the term was not used or did not have the same meaning. The pacific electric railway consisted of a fleet of trolleys seen in who framed roger rabbit based on the real life trolley system of the same name. Start of the pacific electric trail designed by steven frieson of birge engineering, inc. Its about 34 round and is in very good condition, as shown in the photo. It was built as sp 332, class 58emc1, by american car and foundry in 1911. Pacific electric railway historical society, po box 431.
The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the railway during the. From what i got from tony thompsons book was that pe had 10 of these cars but as expected little in the way of history or movement. Pacific railway acts united states history britannica. It was built for the southern pacific red car operation in the east bay and ran there as a red car until 1941. Station, major connections, date opened, date closed, city. Much pacific electric and some sp equipment is preserved at the orange. Both these issues are included in full here and may beread by. This is a list of interurban railways in north america. It spans across torrance boulevard at bow street, a short distance west of western avenue. Contact lacmta research library and archive to make an appointment. Jack finn, founder of the pacific electric railway historical society. Pacific electric railway in southern california 1947 system map. The pacific electric railway company, nicknamed the red cars, was a privately owned mass.
Pacific electric railway historical society home facebook. The next day, george stephen was named the companys president. A chronology of changes in rail passenger operations of the pacific electric railway company. Abandoned pacific electric rail being exposed youtube. A section of pico boulevard near grand has some old pacific electric or lary trolley rail that was being ripped up by a construction crew.
Postwar societys affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern lightrail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. There exists a multitude of route maps like the above and below with variations in the information blocks. As it was in real life, the system is largely referred to in the film as the red car background. See our prints page for more details pff this map isnt part of any series, but we have other maps of. Formed in 1999, the pacific electric railway historical society was founded by jack finn here in 1979 at orange empire railway museum, perris, california, walter abbenseth, craig rasmussen and jed hughes. I wonder if i did a search for slaughter houses in. During the turn of the 20th century, freeways werent invented, roads werent well maintained and automobiles were still too expensive for the average family to afford. The transformation of the pacific electric railway. Pacfiic electric was sold to southern pacific in 1910.
He was an avid railroad historian and photography and. The pacific electric railway in orange county oc public libraries. The line was the railroads first interurban line to san pedro. Harold stewart started working for the pacific electric railway before wwii and continued working on the line as it was bought by the southern pacific and the union pacific untill 2002. Pacific electric railway modeler saturday, february 3, 2018.
That is when a group of investors stepped forward with the money and knowhow to complete the project. The pacific electric railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. The pacific electric railway was created in 1901 by railroad executive henry e. It was renumbered 1510 in 1910 and renumbered 00196 in 1940. The western railroader devoted two issues to the marin electric interurban lines. The mount lowe preservation society was bequeathed the pacific electric railway historical society collection by its founder jack finn upon his passing some years ago in 2009, the society funded the development of an online image archive based on the peryhs collection as assembled by jack finn, and began to solicit additional contributions from the pe and lary historical community. In 1911 southern pacific combined pacific electric with nearly all of the interurban railways in a fourcounty region of southern california, which continued operating under the pacific electric name.