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Coldwater Canyon Line

Introduction:
W COLDWATER CANYON LINE ROUTE: From Santa Monica Boulevard. & Rodeo Drive via Rodeo Drive. to Sunset Boulevard., and on Sunset Boulevard. to Beverly Drive; all single track; total length, 1.38 miles. HISTORY: This line was constructed by LAP in 1907 and was standard gauged the following year. PE took over the line in 1911 and operated it until abandonment, which occurred on January 15, 1923. OPERATION: For most of its life this line was a shuttle service, running from the PE Beverly Hills Station to the Beverly Hills Hotel. However, from 1913 to 1916, through service to Hill St. Station via West 16th St. was provided; cars left Hill St. Station on an hourly schedule from 7:05 AM to 12:05 AM and returned from the Beverly Hills Hotel each hour from 7:08 AM to 11:08 PM. Effective on October 25, 1916, shuttle service from the Beverly Hills Station was resumed. As of late 1919, shuttle cars ran every half hour between 6:30 AM and 12:20 AM. EQUIPMENT: Records are vague as to type of equipment assigned to this line. However, photos show cars of the 170 Class in service here, plus little single truck, wood, closed, on-man car 20. The latter was scrapped in 1920, leaving one to suppose that the final years of this line witnessed Birney equipment. It is probable that during the three years of through service to Hill St. Station that the same type of cars were used here as were assigned to the Hollywood Boulevard. Line: 200s, 400s. TRACK: Old records show this line to have had 60 lb. T-rail, redwood ties and gravel ballast. ELECTRICAL FACILITIES: Power for this line came principally from the Sherman Substation.


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