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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
Car 1044 bound for Los Angeles at the end of the Air Line tracks in Santa Monica, c. 1911.
Car 1044 bound for Los Angeles at the end of the Air Line tracks in Santa Monica, c. 1911.
Palms Depot
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 l
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.
Former Air Line right of way, looking toward northwest, adjacent to Northvale Road (formerly, Exposition Boulevard) near Dunleer Drive. Palms Park is
Former Air Line right of way, looking toward northwest, adjacent to Northvale Road (formerly, Exposition Boulevard) near Dunleer Drive. Palms Park is on the left and Northvale Road, which borders Cheviot Hills from the southwest, is on the right side of the right of way. Seen in 2005 prior to conversion to light rail.
Venice Short Line
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The Venice Short Line was a Pacific Electric interurban railway line in Los Angeles which traveled from downtown Los Angeles to Venice, Ocean Park, and Santa Monica via Venice Boulevard. The route was
Santa Monica Air Line
…electrification system on the line had begun by May 1908, and electric service to the Hill Street Terminal began that July (cars ran to Hill Street via the Venice Short Line). Limited flyer service was inaugurated on May 26, 1909. Pacific Electric bought the line in 1911, along with all the other lines owned by Los Angeles…
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lossy page 1 VIEW OF ABANDONED VENICE SHORT LINE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER GRAND CANAL, NORTH OF SOUTH VENICE BOULEVARD, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND CANAL Venice Canals, Community HAER CAL,19 LOSAN,74 8.tif
A proposed level crossing at the Pacific Electric tracks (today's Venice Boulevard) would result in "the worst death trap in Los Angeles," a traffic e
A proposed level crossing at the Pacific Electric tracks (today's Venice Boulevard) would result in "the worst death trap in Los Angeles," a traffic engineer warned in 1915, because of the impaired view of the railway from West Boulevard on both sides. A viaduct was built instead, in 1920. The line of trees to the north is probably where the Queen Anne Recreation Center is today, in Mid-Wilshire.
Albright City stop at flooded intersection of Venice & Sawtelle, 1928
Albright City stop at flooded intersection of Venice & Sawtelle, 1928
A Santa Monica-bound Pacific Electric car on Trolleyway, date unknown
A Santa Monica-bound Pacific Electric car on Trolleyway, date unknown