Pacific Electric Tank Tops
Description: 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.
Description: A rain-washed sugar skull in weathered gray-cream, teal and rust sits inside a mosaic of rosette eyes, spiral scrollwork and tiny electrical plugs, a "Rastro de Vida" for that Portland feeling when it's been raining for 35 days straight, the clouds finally part, and a passing car splashes puddle water on your new boots. Gloomy, wry and built for anyone who has ever almost seen the sun. A fun pick for Portlanders, Pacific Northwest locals, rain lovers and sugar skull fans who know the forecast is gray again.
