The first train on the Cahuenga Valley Railroad to Hollywood, ca.1888 

Southern Pacific train on a Wilmington dock, ca.1880 

Steam engine trailing its coal car on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Rail Road, 1890 

Newly arrived passengers posing in front of their Southern Pacific train during the "Boom Days", ca.1885 

First electric railroad in Los Angeles, ca.1886-1887 

Pacific Electric Railway subway tunnel under construction at First Street and Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1926 

Drawing of "West Point," the first locomotive with a four-wheel truck, ca.1840 

Portrait of passengers, conductors and engineers posing near Pico Boulevard Electric Railroad cars, Los Angeles, 1887 

Two locomotives for the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad, 1872 

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885 

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Depot at Alison Street and Anderson Street, Los Angeles, 1884 

Conness Number Six engine with fuel box, standing on a trestle, Central Pacific Railroad, March, 1865 

Corner of Downey Avenue and North Broadway during the opening of the cable line to East Los Angeles, 1888 

Pico Heights electric car, the first in Los Angeles, ca.1887 

Governor Stanford's train on way to Golden Spike ceremony at Monument Point, May 10, 1869 

Workers laying the last rails of the San Gabriel Railroad, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1885 

Cable car with its trailer on north Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1890 

Southern Pacific Railroad train coming out of snow sheds in the mountains near Cisco, ca.1909 

Portrait and collage of the first employees of the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railroad, with equipment, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

Portrait of operators and passengers on and around the first successful electric streetcar in Los Angeles, ca.1885