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Santa Fe Railroad passengers depart from Los Angeles on The California Limited, circa 1905
The Angelenos in this circa 1905 photo were at the Santa Fe Railroad’s La Grande station that used to stand at 2nd St and Santa Fe Ave in downtown LA. The travelers were taking the California Limited service which ran … Continue reading
Color photo of a train and streetcar approaching the Beverly train station at Santa Monica Blvd and N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, 1954
Here are two things you don’t see passing through Beverly Hills anymore: a train and a streetcar. But back in 1954, when this photo was taken, locals were used to seeing both stop at the Beverly station on the southeast … Continue reading
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Train passengers pose in front of a Santa Fe Railway locomotive in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, California, 1888
This photo is a real early one! It was taken in 1888, when a group of around 30 passengers posed in front of Santa Fe Railway locomotive #13. They’re in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, which later became also the … Continue reading
Main concourse waiting room at Union Station, downtown Los Angeles, 1939
After six years of demolition (of the original Chinatown) and construction, Los Angeles’ new Union Railway Station (technically its name is the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal) opened on May 3, 1939. This photo is also from 1939, so the … Continue reading
Opening of the electric railway from Los Angeles to Santa Monica, April 1, 1896
In this photo we’re lucky enough to have had someone on hand with a camera, which I doubt would’ve have been too common in 1896. This scene shows us the April 1st opening of the electric railway from Los Angeles … Continue reading
The Second Street Cable Railway running up Spring St’s steep incline, Bunker Hill, downtown Los Angeles, 1898
I’m sure Angelenos were glad when the first cable car system opened in Los Angeles. The Second Street Cable Railway started operations in 1885, and ran from 2nd and Spring to 1st and Belmont, a run of around a mile … Continue reading
Open-air cars on the first electric railway along Pico St (later Blvd) in downtown Los Angeles, 1887
I’m glad that someone had a camera on this day back in 1887 when the first electric railway line opened for business on Pico St, in downtown Los Angeles. It wasn’t installed as public transport, but as to assist in … Continue reading
Crowds await the departure of a special train taking guests to Kansas for the premiere of Warner Bros. “Dodge City”, Los Angeles, circa late March, 1939
This photo gives us a glimpse into the hoopla that studios sometimes whipped up to promo a new movie. In late March, 1939, Warner Bros. chartered a 16-car train to take 36 members of the press along with the stars … Continue reading
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Southern Pacific train coming up Alameda St at Second Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 20th Century
A Southern Pacific train chugs up Alameda St at 2nd St, which puts it a few blocks south of where Union Station will later be built on the edge of downtown LA. There is a flagman on the left helping … Continue reading
Looking north across Colorado Blvd at the back end of the Santa Fe Chief train, Pasadena, California, circa early 1950s
I don’t know whose idea it was for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway to run its tracks through the center of Pasadena, but it even with that long gate (on the right) it looks like an accident waiting … Continue reading