The Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, opened on October 17, 1875, was a steam-powered rail line which ran between the Santa Monica Long Wharf and 5th and San Pedro streets in downtown Los Angeles.
Route in 1894
Aerial view of Western portion of line in Santa Monica, 1875.
Terminus at Landing in Santa Monica, 1877
Santa Monica Air Line
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The Santa Monica Air Line was an interurban railroad operated by the Pacific Electric between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. Electric passenger service operated over the line between 1908 and 1953. After abandonment as a freight railroad, most of the route was converted to light rail for use by the Metro E Line.
![The Air Line looking west from Ivy station (later Culver Junction), with the junction and station building in the foreground, 1905[dubious – discuss]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ivy_Station.jpg/500px-Ivy_Station.jpg)
The Air Line looking west from Ivy station (later Culver Junction), with the junction and station building in the foreground, 1905[dubious – discuss]
Palms Depot
The former Santa Monica transfer station in July 2017. The building served as a transfer point between the standard-gauge and narrow-gauge streetcar lines in the area.
Car 1044 at the end of the tracks, 1911. The sign under the car's left window reads "Los Angeles via Air Line".