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The Los Angeles Pacific Railroad (1896−1911) (LAP) was an electric public transit and freight railway system in Los Angeles County, California. At its peak it had 230 miles (370 km) of track extending from Downtown Los Angeles to the Westside , Santa Monica , and the South Bay towns along Santa Monica Bay .
In the early 1870s, the new Cerro Gordo in the Owens Valley area of Inyo County, California, were producing a considerable amount of silver.In order for it to be shipped to San Francisco, the bullion was first transported by freight wagons to Los Angeles, loaded onto the Southern Pacific Railroad and transported to Wilmington where it was finally loaded onto steamers headed to San Francisco.
Pacific Electric Shops [49] – The new Pacific Electric shops were completed in 1902 at 7th and Central streets. LARy and the Pacific Electric shared them until July, 1903, when the expansion of both systems forced LARy to return to its original 6th and Central property. Los Angeles Railway Company Car Barn, photo published 1904
The Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673 is a standard gauge 2-6-0, Mogul type M-4 class, steam locomotive built in 1900 by Schenectady Locomotive Works. It had a brief starring role in the 1954 film Oklahoma, for which it was fitted with a diamond stack and other turn-of-the-century equipment and colors. It was also the star of ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) was the most used of the three mainline railroads that serviced Los Angeles in the early 20th century (the others being the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and Santa Fe Railroad), though their main Arcade Depot had fallen into a state of disrepair by 1913. [4]
Construction of the road was financed primarily by 30-year, 6% U.S. government bonds authorized by Sec. 5 of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.They were issued at the rate of $16,000 ($265,000 in 2017 dollars) per mile of tracked grade completed east of the designated base of the Sierra Nevada range near Roseville, CA where California state geologist Josiah Whitney had determined were the ...
The last former Pacific Electric line was abandoned in April 1961, [20] [21] [22] and the last former Los Angeles Railway lines in 1963. [23] However, Pacific Electric freight service ended on August 12, 1965. Also, the Santa Monica Air Line used diesel-powered freight service until March 11, 1988.
The Arcade Depot was the main Southern Pacific Railroad passenger railway station of Los Angeles, California between 1888 and 1914. It was located on Alameda Street , between 5th and 6th Streets. This station consolidated intercity services at a location closer to Downtown Los Angeles than the previous terminal, the San Fernando Street Depot .