PICO HEIGHTS LINE (1910-1920)

Formed from the Los Angeles Railway Company’s line of same name and route.

ROUTE: From Pico Boulevard and Delaware Avenue, east on Pico to Main Street, north on Main, Broadway Place and Broadway to W. 2^nd Street, east on 2^nd to Spring Street, south on Spring to W. 4^th, west on 4^th to Broadway.

1912: Extended west from Pico and Delaware to Sprague Street.

1918: Extended east from W. 2^nd and Spring, east on 2^nd and Traction Avenue to E. 3^rd Street, east on 3^rd to Santa Fe Avenue, north on Santa Fe to La Grande Depot at E. 2^nd and Santa Fe Avenue.

1919: Extended south from W. 11^th and Broadway Place on a newly built street, at first called New Broadway, to Pico Boulevard, eliminating the jog on Main Street.

MAY 5, 1920: Through-routed with the E. 1^st Street branch of the Boyle Heights and West 7^th Street Line and renamed the ‘P’-West Pico and East 1^st Street Line.

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‘P’-WEST PICO AND EAST 1^st STREET LINE (1920-1963)

Formed from the western portion of the West Pico and Santa Fe Station Line and the eastern portion of the Boyle heights and West 7^th Street Line. Service begun May 9, 1920.

ROUTE: From Brooklyn Avenue and Rowan Street, (in Boyle heights), south on Rowan to E. 1^st Street, west on 1^st to Broadway, south on Broadway to Pico Boulevard, west on Pico to Mullen Avenue.

APRIL 3, 1927: Line extended west on Pico Boulevard from Mullen to Rimpau Street.

OCTOBER 6, 1927: Due to rebuilding the E. 1^st Street Viaduct, line rerouted from 1^st and Main Streets, north on Main to Macy Street, east on Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue to State Street, then on new temporary trackage south on State to E. 1^st, then on regular trackage to Brooklyn Avenue and Rowan Street.

SUMMER 1928: Service back to normal.

FEBRUARY 23, 1930: Due to rebuilding the 4^th Street Viaduct, certain ‘P’-Line cars were diverted at E. 1^st and Cummings Streets, south on Cummings to E. 4^th Street, east on 4^th on what was normally the ‘F’-Line to Fresno Avenue, north on Fresno, then via the regular ‘P’-Line route to Brooklyn Avenue and Rowan Street (the Cummings Street Line was abandoned in 1920 but apparently the trackage was left in place as service trackage at least as far as 4^th Street.)

JULY 31, 1931: Service restored to normal.

April 22, 1935: Turnaround loop established at Pico Boulevard and Rimpau Street.

DECEMBER 25, 1936: Loop opened at Dozier and Rowan Streets, line extended from Brooklyn Avenue to Dozier Street.

JUNE 20, 1948: Loop established at E. 1^st Street and Chicago Avenue.

March 31, 1963: Rail service abandoned.