Pacific Electric
Built 1948 • Tribute livery

PCC streetcar interior. David Dugan photo.
Southern California once boasted one of the great interurban train systems in the world--the mighty Pacific Electric (PE)--running from LA east to San Bernardino, west to Santa Monica, south to Long Beach, and to dozens of cities in-between, using many types of streetcars, but all known as the 'Big Red Cars' to Southern Californians.

Pacific Electric Streetcar no. 1061 on the F-line at Noe Street. Richard Panse photo.
Pacific Electric ran PCC streetcars from 1940 to 1955. The 30 Pacific Electric PCCs were double-ended with front and center doors, a unique design. Trains of up to three PCCs ran primarily on the line from Downtown LA to Burbank and Glendale.
Muni No. 1061 is painted in the red, orange, and silver livery of the PE PCCs, inspired by the 'Daylight' steam train colors of PE's big brother Southern Pacific. Today, every F-line trip passes SP's old headquarters at One Market.
» Los Angeles Railways No. 1052
» Los Angeles Transit Lines No. 1080


