“Pacific Harbor Line” Field Trip - Saturday, June 6, 2009
On Saturday the 6th of June, LARHF will experience an exciting day visiting the Pacific Harbor Line railroad, Port of Los Angeles “Big Red Cars” and another Pacific Electric Urban Archaeology exploration in the Long Beach area led by Ralph Cantos.
- Saturday – June 6, 2009
- 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
- Members $65.00 • Non-members $75.00
- (Transportation, Lunch & Parking Included)
The Field Trip will leave promptly from the Los Angeles Union Station East Portal Bus Plaza at 8:30 AM. Boarding an Inland Empire deluxe coach we will proceed to San Pedro and experience an in-depth tour of the Pacific Harbor Line railroad. Following lunch at the Whale and Ale, you’ll experience a ride on PE Car No.1058 in San Pedro. From there we head to Long Beach and with Ralph Cantos as our scholar for the PE Urban Archaeology tour you’ll relive the days of the PE local Long Beach lines.
We will return to the METRO building at approximately 4:30 PM.
Parking at the Union Station METRO garage will be provided free with a LARHF coupon.
For more details, e-mail LARHF at info@larhf.org.
Belmont Station Mini-Museum to Open
What used to be the Pacific Electric Toluca Yard, in downtown Los Angeles, has been transformed into 275 rental apartments. The PE Subway Terminal tunnel portal and sub-station generator building are unique sights on the Belmont Station’s apartment property.
Belmont Station Apartments in construction located on 2nd Street at Glendale Avenue.
LARHF has been invited to create a mini-museum in Belmont Station’s Rental and Welcoming Center. This will entail over 40 archive photographs detailing the construction of the PE subway as well as the Terminal building and the area along the route of the PE cars that operated out of the Terminal.
A majority of the photographs to be displayed have not been seen by the general public before. LARHF in an alliance with the Huntington Library has been given access to the Huntington’s incredible collection of Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway photographs.
Pacific Electric – Future Toluca Yard showing construction preparations for the boring of the subway’s west portal, 1924.
Photo from the Henry E. Huntington Library
LARHF’s archivists and curator have spent many hours in the Huntington photographic vaults viewing this collection and selecting a number of photographs to be reproduced and displayed at the Belmont Station Apartments.
Opening Day Ceremony and first Pacific Electric car to run through the tunnel.
Photo from the Henry E. Huntington Library
Pacific Electric ephemera and artifacts will accompany the photographs.
The display will be open to the public and special interest groups desiring to visit the mini-museum.
Further details to follow.
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