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2. Monterey Branch Line - Wikipedia

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   This allowed direct passenger leisure services to run from San Francisco. The line came under the auspices of Southern Pacific proper in 1888 and was extended west past Pacific Grove to a facility at Lake Mejella. [1] By the 1950s, sand made the bulk of freight moved along the route. [1]

3. Del Monte (train) - Wikipedia

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   The locomotive and cars waited overnight at the Pacific Grove terminal to return as train number 77 leaving Monterey at 7:30 AM and reaching San Francisco at 10:30. [ 3 ] In 1948, the Del Monte Express fatally struck Ed Ricketts , a friend of John Steinbeck , while he was driving across the railroad tracks at Drake Avenue in Monterey.

4. Pacific Grove, California - Wikipedia

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   Pacific Grove is on the Pacific Ocean coast between Monterey and Pebble Beach, about 40 mi (65 km) south of Santa Cruz and about 120 mi (195 km) south of San Francisco. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km 2 ), and about 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km 2 ) are land and 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km 2 ) (28. ...

5. Monterey County Rail Extension - Wikipedia

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   The Monterey Branch is a 19.6 mi (31.5 km) long rail line which was completed in 1879 by Southern Pacific, connecting Castroville to Lake Majella in Pacific Grove. [ 32 ] : 1 SP operated regular Del Monte passenger service between Monterey and San Francisco from 1881 until 1971, as the length of the intercity service was just 125 mi (201 km ...

6. Monterey–Salinas Transit - Wikipedia

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   The Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway provided the first intra-county services using horse cars starting on August 5, 1891. Independent streetcar systems in Monterey (the Monterey and Del Monte Heights Railway Company , connecting Monterey to Seaside ) and Salinas (the "Dingy" for Spreckels Sugar Company employees and their families) started ...

7. U.S. Route 101 in California - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Los Angeles, California, to Tumwater, Washington.The California portion of US 101 is one of the last remaining and longest U.S. Routes still active in the state, and the longest highway of any kind in California. [8]