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In 1894, the Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway purchased, re-gauged, electrified, and double-tracked a section of the line for streetcar use. [4] Service began on May 6, 1895. [5] Pacific Electric acquired the route in 1898. The line was again rebuilt to standard gauge with service between Pasadena and Los Angeles beginning in December 1902.
Pacific Electric Inland Empire Trail, Fontana Car #1734 served as the Red Car Museum between 1981 and 2021, [51] [52] at the corner of Main Street and Electric Avenue in Seal Beach, California. The Pacific Electric Trail is a 21-mile (34 km) rail trail that has been constructed along the former Upland–San Bernardino Line.
Pacific Electric lines emanating from Downtown Los Angeles, 1917. The following passenger rail lines were operated by the Pacific Electric Railway and its successors from the time of its merger in 1911 until the last line was abandoned in 1961. One count indicated that the company and its successors operated as many as 143 different routes in ...
The Western and Franklin Avenue Line was a Pacific Electric streetcar line which traveled from Los Angeles to Hollywood. It operated from 11th and Hill Streets via Hill, Sunset, Santa Monica Boulevard, Western Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Argyle Avenue, Yucca Street, and Vine Street to end at Hollywood and Vine Boulevards. It operated from 1908 to ...
After the end of Pacific Electric service, Southern Pacific continued to operate freight trains on the tracks, and its successor Union Pacific still does between Amoco and Dominguez Junction. Passenger service to the corridor returned in 1990 with the opening of the Blue Line, a modern light rail service
The line was rebuilt as standard gauge in 1903 after it was acquired by Pacific Electric the previous year, [2] though construction of the Pasadena Short Line relegated the South Pasadena Local to a secondary status. [3] Supplemental service on the north end of the line was provided by the Mission and Fair Oaks Avenue Local Line until 1911.
The line followed the Monrovia–Glendora Line to the end of the quadruple-track system at El Molino Junction. From that point (at Huntington Drive between Oak Knoll Avenue and Chelsea Road), two tracks turned north on private right of way, crossing Monterey Road and Old Mill Road before turning west toward the Huntington Hotel.
La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Line was a Pacific Electric interurban line which traveled between Los Angeles and Yorba Linda. [1] Passenger services ran between 1911 and 1938. Initial plans were for the route to continue further east to form a second main line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino, though these would go unfulfilled.