Seal Beach Red Car Museum

sbrcm_inset A trip to Seal Beach would not be complete without a visit to the Red Car Museum on the old Pacific Electric Right of Way. Car No. 1734. This rare Pacific Electric tower car built in 1925 now serves as the museum headquarters. It was once a roving machine shop sent out to troubleshoot problems along the 40-mile Pacific Electric LA-Newport Line. A center tower was used for repairs and maintenance on the overhead lines. It operated for almost 50 years until 1950. The Red Car in Seal Beach is not a large museum by any means. Nevertheless, it is ranked as one of the locals favorite Saturday afternoon haunts.

sbrcm_state egyptian he Seal Beach Red Car Museum is a small visitors center hosting the collection of the Seal Beach Historical and Cultural Society. The museum is housed in a retired 1925 electric trolly service car used until 1950 by Pacific Electric Railway -- a privately owned mass transit system serving southern California. Utilizing a large combination of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses, Pacific Electric was the largest electric railway system in the world in the first decades of the 20th century. The Red Car museum is located in Seal Beach, California, at the corner of Main Street and Electric Avenue.