Pacific Electric Pins and Buttons

"What the hell's a freeway?" Next time you find yourself in 1940s Los Angeles, be sure to ride the big Red Cars from the mountains to the sea!

"What the hell's a freeway?" Next time you find yourself in 1940s Los Angeles, be sure to ride the big Red Cars from the mountains to the sea!

The Pacific Electric Railway (PE), nicknamed the Red Car Line, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses. The PE grew to become the largest interurban system in the world, spanning over 1,100 miles and operating 1,200 cars throughout Southern California in the pre-freeway era. Red Car service provided fast efficient passenger and freight interurban transportation in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, making commuting within minutes possible. Suburban towns sprang up and developed along the PE rails. The Pacific Electric also ran one of the few electrically-powered Railway Post Office routes in the country.

FAN ART: British Airways, classic Landor livery

Peace, Love & Hydros - Pacific Northwest Style in Retro Pop Electric Green Colorway. Cascadia Loves Hydroplanes!

Peace, Love & Blue Angels - Pacific Northwest Style in Retro Pop Electric Green Colorway. Cascadia Loves Blue Angels!

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Peace, Love & Hockey Monsters - Pacific Northwest Style in Retro Pop Electric Green Colorway. Cascadia Loves Hockey!

Peace, Love & Thunderboats - Pacific Northwest Style in Retro Pop Electric Green Colorway. Cascadia Loves Hydroplanes! Show your Hydro Love!

FAN ART: British Airways, classic BOAC livery

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FAN ART: British Airways, Classic Chatham Dockyards Livery

The Pacific Electric Railway, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s

The Pacific Electric Railway, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s

The Pacific Electric Railway, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s

FAN ART: Introducing the Swoosh livery for Cathay Pacific and their 747 400 jets.

The mainstay of the fantasy SPSF Railway fleet of the 1990s, the General Electric C44-9W (with hi-ad trucks), painted up in kodachrome colors.

The Pacific Electric Railway, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s

C. 1935 luggage label from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad company train Olympian. The train ran from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest from 1911 to 1947.

C. 1939 luggage label from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad company issued for their fleet of Hiawatha trains. These passenger trains ran from Chicago to destinations in the Midwest and the Western parts of the United States.