Sierra Vista Line

The Sierra Vista Line was a route of the Pacific Electric Railway from 1895 to Oct. 22, 1950, first in the Northern District and later the Southern District.[1][2]

Sierra Vista
Overview
OwnerSouthern Pacific Railroad
LocaleSouthern California
TerminiPacific Electric Building,
Downtown Los Angeles
Sierra Vista,
El Sereno,
Eastside Los Angeles
Service
TypeLight rail
System Pacific Electric
Operator(s) Pacific Electric
History
Opened1895
Closed1950
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead lines
Route map
multiple lines
 Sierra Vista
 Newton
 Titus
 Happy Valley
Soto Street Viaduct
 El Sereno
 Lincoln Park
Southern Pacific RR
Charlotte Street
Marengo Street
Upland–San Bernardino
 Valley Junction
State Street
 Echandia
Brooklyn Avenue
Union Pacific RR
Los Angeles River
Santa Fe RR
 P 
Southern Division
 6th/Main Terminal
 F 

Route

It ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the Sierra Vista Junction, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Main Street in the El Sereno community of Eastside Los Angeles.

It was part of the Northern District from 1895 to 1938. From 1938 until its demise in 1950, it was multiplexed with the Southern District Watts Line.

See also

References
  1. Bigmapblog.com: "Map of Los Angeles, California Rail Systems (1906)", with Pasadena Short Line labeled.
  2. Bigmapblog.com: "Pacific Electric map of Los Angeles (1920)"


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