D-148: Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway (1940-1963) Facilities like these from earlier

Facilities like these from earlier days are still in use today

a variety of early-style covered Hoppers

long trains and road power from a colorful era on CSX

NOTE - The DVD version has an extra 14-minutes of new Sacramento Northern material

This material was primarily shot in 1999 to 2001 with other scenes from 1991 to 1993

D-148: Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway (1940-1963) Facilities like these from earlierLength: 1 hr. 53 minutes This DVD outlines the history of both of these famous electric rail lines. They were both started by Henry. E. Huntington at the beginning of the 20th Century. For a time they were intertwined and created with a similar purpose. This program has a wealth of color movie film from 1940, to the complete end in 1963. The accurate sound recordings, accompanying these movie scenes, bring back the auditory experience of living in