Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887 

Celebrators and streetcars during the opening of the Pico Heights Electric Railway, 1887 

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

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

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

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Electric Railroad plant, ca.1892 

Dummy railroad line that ran from Hoover Street and Temple Street to East Hollywood, ca.1892 

Pacific Electric and Salt Lake Railroad station in Long Beach, 1905 

People standing in front of the first electric streetcar over the Eagle Rock route on the Glendale Electric Line, March 27, 1909 

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

First Street Entrance to the Pacific Electric Subway Tunnel under construction between First Street and Glendale Boulevard, ca.1926 

The Pacific Electric Company San Marino railroad (or railway?) station, ca.1920 

Bridge across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza, showing the first cable-car to cross it, ca.1895 

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

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

Cable car at end of the Boyle Heights line on First Street and Cemetery, ca.1890 

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

Open-air streetcar with its trailer and two operators on west Seventh Street looking north from Alvarado Street, ca.1890 

The "Dummy" line (?), a San Diego and Pacific Beach railroad car, ca.1890 

Southern Pacific Railroad line near Redlands (or San Dimas?), lined with orange groves, California, ca.1880