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This view looks south at Washington, first
stop on the outbound line after it gains the right of
way once used by the Pacific Electric. From Los Angeles out to Watts,
just north of today's Imperial/Wilmington transfer
station, the PE had four tracks. Routes to multiple
destinations used this
speedway to reach places such as Redondo Beach, San Pedro,
Long Beach, Newport Beach and Santa Ana. The three-way
junction at Watts must have been an amazing place to watch an
earlier era of electric rail action.
Passenger service ended
on the old line in 1961; the Long Beach route was the last survivor
of this once-huge
network. |
