Shorb Line

California streetcar route between Pasadena and Alhambra

Shorb

Overview
Locale| Los Angeles County, California
Termini|

* Pasadena
* Shorb

Service
Type| Interurban
System| Pacific Electric
Operator(s)| Pacific Electric
History
Opened| May 1, 1912 (1912-05-01)
Closed| April 16, 1924 (1924-04-16)
Technical
Track gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification| Overhead line, 600 V DC

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Alhambra–San Gabriel

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b c "Alhambra-San Gabriel Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
2. ^ Walker, Jim (2006). Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25\. ISBN 9780738546889.
3. ^ 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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Pacific Electric

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

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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

History|

* Strike of 1903
* 1919 streetcar strike
* General Motors streetcar conspiracy

Infrastructure|

| Stations|

* Etiwanda
* Lynwood
* Pacific Electric Building
* Picover
* Subway Terminal Building
* Watts
* Yorba Linda

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* Hill Street Tunnel
* Hollywood Subway
* Ivy Substation
* Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge
* Redlands Trolley Barn
* Substation No. 8
* Sub-Station No. 14
* West Santa Ana Branch

Predecessors|

* Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway
* Monrovia Rapid Transit Company
* Mount Lowe Railway
* Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company
* Pasadena and Pacific
* Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway
* Los Angeles and Independence Railroad
* Los Angeles Pacific Railroad

Connecting services|

* Glendale and Montrose Railway
* Los Angeles Railway

Successors|

* LA Metro
* MTA [1951–1964]
* RTD [1964–1993]
* LACTC [1976–1993]
* OCTA
* Omnitrans
* Waterfront Red Car [2003–2015]

Legacy|

* Culver Boulevard Median Bike Path
* Red Car Trolley (Disneyland Resort)
* Waterfront Red Car (San Pedro)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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