Shorb Line

California streetcar route between Pasadena and Alhambra

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeElectrification600 V DC Overhead lines

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					Pasadena
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					Raymond Hill
					South Pasadena
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					Oneonta Park
					La Cresta
					Sierra Vista
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					Shorb Road Junction
					Alhambra–San Gabriel
					Shorb

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The Shorb Line is a former Pacific Electric interurban railway line in Los Angeles County, California. Unlike most of the company's services, trains did not travel to Downtown Los Angeles and instead provided a suburban service between Pasadena and the transcontinental Southern Pacific railway at Alhambra.

History

Opened as the Dolgeville freight branch in 1904, the rails from the Alhambra–San Gabriel Line to Shorb were built to serve model building manufacturers and a felt factory.^[1] Passenger service to Shorb station began on May 1, 1912, with cars running to Pasadena's Southern Pacific depot.^[2] The route was abandoned after April 16, 1924 and was replaced with bus service.^[3]^[1] Freight customers along the branch line kept rails in service until 1951, whereupon the tracks were transferred to Southern Pacific.^[1]

Route

The Shorb Line connected to the rest of the Pacific Electric via the Alhambra–San Gabriel Line at West Alhambra. The single track ran south via Palm Avenue.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Alhambra-San Gabriel Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ Walker, Jim (2006). Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 9780738546889.
^ ^a ^b Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 49. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.

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Routes

Northern Division	Alhambra–San Gabriel Annandale Arlington–Corona Arrowhead Colton Covina East Washington El Monte–Baldwin Park Highland Lamanda Park Monrovia–Glendora Mount Lowe North Lake Pasadena Short Line Pasadena via Oak Knoll Pasadena local lines Pomona Pomona–Claremont Pomona local lines Redlands Redlands local lines Riverside–Arlington Riverside–Rialto San Bernardino–Riverside San Dimas San Dimas Local Shorb Sierra Madre Sierra Vista South Pasadena Local Upland–Ontario Upland–San Antonio Heights Upland–San Bernardino
Western Division	Brush Canyon Coldwater Canyon Echo Park Avenue Edendale Local Glendale–Burbank Hollywood Lankershim–Van Nuys Laurel Canyon Owensmouth Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey San Fernando Santa Monica Air Line Santa Monica local lines Sawtelle Soldiers' Home South Hollywood–Sherman Venice Boulevard Venice–Inglewood Venice–Playa del Rey Venice Short Line Venice via Hollywood Western & Franklin Ave. Westgate
Southern Division	American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock Fullerton Hawthorne–El Nido Hawthorne–El Segundo Huntington Beach–La Bolsa La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach local lines Long Beach–San Pedro Redondo Beach via Gardena San Pedro local lines San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana–Huntington Beach Santa Ana–Orange Seal Beach–Huntington Beach–Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier