A major project in the early 1970s took the traditional Santa Fe
line off its street-level running east-west through Pasadena, and
placed it in the median
of the Foothill Freeway, then being constructed. The heavy-duty
railroad years were relatively brief here. In 1994,
following the sale of this route for future mass transit use, all
train activity ended. Amtrak to and from Los Angeles had earlier been shifted
to move through
Orange County.
This view is from Lake St., the location for the westernmost of the three stations
located along the freeway. Light rail can frequently whiz by
lanes that are traffic-choked on I-210, probably to the
considerable satisfaction of those transit riders who may be looking
out of the large side windows. |
