TIMEPOINTS - Supplement One - Revised Ed,

A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANGES IN RAIL PASSENGER OPERATIONS OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY, INCLUDING THE YEARS 1911-52

Compiled by Laurence R. Veysey

The eight entirely new pages of this Supplement represent much additional effort at research and verification since the first edition of this Chronology was printed at the beginning of 1951, A large amount of new material, particularly in the early years, and many corrections to older material, have been discovered. This listing still does not pretend to be complete, but it does include all major changes on most major lines; and it was felt better to respond to the demand that the Chronology, for some time out of print, be reissued, rather than await some distant opportunity to complete the research on those relatively few dates that are not yet known. All abandonments and other changes recorded herein are of rail passenger service. Continuance of tracks solely for freight use and the existence of motor coach lines replacing rail passenger service are both ignored. Post-mortem franchise runs (a term we have loosely employed to refer to any once-a-day service) are given where operated.

ABBREVIATIONS: ab.=tota1ly abandoned; disc.=discontinued; ext.=extended; est.=established for the first time as a new service; reest.=reestablished after discontinuance; thru—rted.=through-routed, or joined to form a combined service; rerted.=rerouted; temp.=temporary.

LA=Los Angeles; S Bdo=San Bernardino; Pas=Pasadena; L Bch=Long Beach; S Ped=San Pedro; Riv=Riverside; Redl=Redlands; Pom=Pomona; Npt Bch=Newport Beach; S Mon

=Santa Monica; Red Bch=Redondo Beach.

Loc. L.= Local Line.

Only present names of towns are used.

Published by the Yale Railway Society as a Special Reference Supplement to TIMEPOINTS: The Southern California Traction Review, monthly publication of the Southern California Division, Electric Railroaders’ Assn., November 1952. Single copies 25¢ each,

Laurence Russ Veysey ... Editor

Lazear Israel ... Circulation Manager

Editorial office 1826 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn.; order copies at 7917 Maitland Avenue Inglewood California.

Sources principally used include: company files, Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission, Pacific Electric Magazine, the microfilm files of the Los Angeles Times in the Public Library, and time tables, both employees’ and public, in various collections.

1911 or Soon After

[The following changes occurred after July 1911, either later in the year or during the following few years.]

LA-Venice-Inglewood changed to Ocean Park- Inglewood shuttle.

Pasadena-Shorb est.

Santa Ana-Orange electrified with through service, replacing "motor" line north of Santa Clara Ave.

LA: Cahuenga Pass Loc. L. ext. to Hill St. Sta. from shuttle on Highland Ave.

Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon separated from S Mon: Third St. Loc. L.

LA (Southern Pacific Sta.) - L Bch-S Ped. est,

LA (Southern Pacific Sta.)-Pas (Southern Pacific Sta.) est.

South Pas: Mission and Fair Oaks Loc. L. disc.

LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. thru-rted. with Venice Blvd. Loc. L.

Pas: South Loop Loc. L. rerted. to Tournament Park from Lake and Colorado.

1911

25 February - LA-Covina ext. to San Dimas

7 April - Riv-West Highgrove est.

After July - L Bch: East First St. Loc. L. ab.

6 September - LA- Glendale ext. to Burbank (Cypress Ave.)

12 November - LA- Yorba Linda ext. to Stern; LA-Red Bch via Vermont Heights Delta-Gardena (narrow gauge) ab.; LA-Red Bch via Inglewood-Hawthorne (narrow gauge) ab. except shuttle Hawthorne-El Nido; LA-Red Bch via Watts est.; LA: Strawberry Park via Vermont Heights Loc. L. ab.; LA-Red Bch via Playa Del Rey ext. from Red Bch to Cliffton.

16 December - LA- North Hollywood - Van Nuys est.

1912

LA: S Mon Air Line-Culver Jct. local service est.; through service rerted. from Venice Short Line to inner portion of Air Line [1912 or 1913].

Early - Pas: East Washington Loc. L. ext. from Lake Ave. to Tierra Alta.

Early - S Mon: Lincoln Blvd. Loc. L. est.

13 April - Upland - San Antonio Heights and Pom-Claremont acquired by purchase from Ontario & San Antonio Heights Ry.

1 September - LA-San Dimas ext. to Pom; San Dimas Loc. L. est.

1913

Pom-Claremont ext. to Ontario; Ontario San Antonio Heights changed to terminate at Upland [probably this year].

LA: Annandale Loc. L. ext. to Annandale; rush hour through service ext. to all hours.

L Bch: Alamitos Bay Loc. L. ext. to Seal Beach.

Early - LA- Van Nuys ext. to Canoga Park [perhaps in 1912].

14 March ? - S Bdo: Urbita Springs Loc. L. separated from S Bdo-Redl in morning rush hours, thus separate at all hours.

22 March - Van Nuys-San Fernando shuttle est. through service to LA later.

30 July - Pas: Lincoln Ave. Loc. L. est.

After 20 August - Riv- Arlington rerted. via Magnolia Ave. from Brockton Ave.; Riv: Brockton Ave. Loc. L. est. [possibly 1914].

1914

February - L Bch: East L Bch Loc. L. ext. to North L Bch.

23 March, 31 March - Most Southern District interurban lines and certain Northern District lines rerted. in LA from Main St. in both directions to LA St. temporary terminal via Seventh St.

24 April - Riv-Bloomington ext. to Rialto [one source gives date in 1915; contemporary newspapers give above date.]

August - El Segundo-Hawthorne est.

4 October - Riv - West Highgrove ext. to Colton,

13 December - Riv-Colton ext. to S Bdo.

1915

[The following changes occurred during or shortly before 1915.]

LA: El Molino Loc. L. changed to terminate at Sierra Vista.

S Mon-Brentwood Loc. L. thru-rted. with Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon,

Santa Ana-Balboa changed to terminate at Huntington Beach.

L Bch: West Seventh Loc. L. ab. except franchise; American Ave. Loc. L. thru-rted. with Seaside Park Loc. L.

1915

S Bdo: Seventh St. Loc. L. ab. [This was former routing of S Bdo-Highland and S Bdo-Patton, but it is believed that separate local service was also maintained.]

After 13 February - LA: Annandale Loc. L. changed to shuttle service all hours.

17 February - Riv - Arlington ext. from Harrison St. to Corona.

By late in the year - LA- S Ped via Gardena through service est., standard-

-gauge.

Probably late in the year - LA: Annandale Loc. L. changed to reest. partial or full through service, thru-rted, to Watts Loc. L.

By 3 September - LA: Watts and South Pasadena Loc. L. thru-rted.

Probably after 16 November - L Bch: Ocean Ave. Loc. L. ab. except franchise east of 20th Place.

After 24 November - L Bch: West Seventh St. franchise ab.

1916

LA-Alhambra absorbs LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. [after 3 September 1915].

About 15 January - More interurban lines rerted. in LA from Main St. to LA St. temp. terminal via Seventh St.

March - LA-Red Bch via Hawthorne through service est.

By June - LA-Torrance est.

15 July - LA-S Ped via Gardena ext. in S Ped to Fifth and Front.

25 July - Manhattan-Red Bch Loc. L. est,

28 July - LA: S Mon via Air Line local service ext, from Culver Jct. to Palms.

By August - S Bdo- Riv and S Bdo - Redl. thru-rted. [possibly as early as 1913].

1 August - LA-Glendale-East Broadway est.

1 August - LA-La Crescenta through service in rush hours via Glendale & Montrose Railway Co. est. [or soon after.]

10 August - S Mon- West LA via Brentwood separated from Venice-Playa Del Rey via Lagoon; LA-Venice via Short Line rerted. in S Mon via loop on Third St.

On or by 22 August - Delta-Strawberry Park shuttle est., standard-gauge,

1 October - Manhattan-Red Bch Loc. L., disc.

2 October - Upland - San Antonio Heights converted from 600 to 1200 volts.

6 October - S Ped: Fourteenth St. Loc. L. ab.; Outer Harbor Loc. L. probably re-rerted.

25 October - LA; Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. separated from Venice Blvd. Loc, L.; Venice Blvd. thru-rted., with Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L.; LA-Beverly Hills-Coldwater Canyon probably changed to shuttle from Beverly Hills.

22 November - LA-Burbank changed to shuttle from Glendale except rush hours; through service at all hours reest, soon thereafter.

3 December - Elevated viaduct opened at Main St. Station in LA; LA- Alhambra San Gabriel, LA-Whittier, LA- Stern, LA-Pas via Oak Knoll, LA-Pas via Short Line, LA- Red Bch via Watts-Gardena, LA-Red Bch via Watts-Hawthorne, LA-S Ped via Gardena, LA-Torrance, LA-Sierra Madre interurban lines rerted. to loop via San Pedro and Main Sts. thru station-[some in each direction].

3 December - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. reest., looping via San Pedro and Main Sts. thru station; LA: Annandale Loc. L. separated from Watts Loc. L.

1917

?-L Bch-S Ped line rerted. onto loop in L Bch via Third, Pine, Ocean Ave.
1 January - First annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pas through concourse at Main St. Sta.
25 January - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. rerted. via Main St. in both directions to Main St. Sta.
11 February - Stub end tracks at rear opened at Main St. Sta. in LA; LA-L Bch, LA-Npt Bch, LA-Monrovia- Glendora, LA-Pom, LA-S Bdo- Riv, LA-S Ped via Dominguez Jct., LA-Santa Ana, LA-S Mon via Air Line rerted. via San Pedro St. in both directions, thence via elevated.
7 March - LA-Orange through service est,
4 April - LA- Orange through service changed, perhaps restricted to certain hours.
14 May - LA: Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. rush hour trippers ext. from Hill St. Sta. to Ninth and Hill.
1 September - LA - La Crescenta through service in rush hours via Glendale & Montrose Railway Co. disc.
30 September - La Habra- Fullerton shuttle est.
After 3 October - L Bch: Ocean Ave. Loc. L. franchise east of 20th Pl. ab.
7 December - LA- Fullerton through service est. [inferred indirectly.]

1918

2 February - LA - Glendale- Burbank, LA-Glendale-North Glendale, LA-Glendale-East Broadway rerted. at all hours to terminal at Sixth and LA Sts.; hitherto had used Main St. Sta. except in rush.
7 February - LA-Torrance ext. to S Ped, partially replacing LA-S Ped via Gardena-Carson.
After 15 July - Upland- San Antonio Hts. ab. at end for short distance in San Antonio Park.
6 August - LA: Brush Canyon Loc. L. ab.; S Mon Air Line local service changed to terminate at Culver Jct., not Palms.
18 August - Pom: local lines generally rearranged [no details known],

About 23 October - S Ped: local lines ext. to Fifth and Front Sts.

26 October - S Bdo: Urbita Springs Loc. L. temp. disc.

27 October - Santa Ana - Huntington Beach ab. except franchise.

28 October - Redl: local lines generally rearranged [no details known].

1 November - Upland- San Antonio Heights reest. to Ontario as through service; Pom-Ontario changed to terminate at Claremont.

8 November - LA - Alhambra - San Gabriel absorbs LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L.

15 November - LA: Skip-stops est. on all city lines.

1919

S Bdo: Urbita Springs Loc. L. reest. [presumably; no definite information].

S Mon-Ocean Park local service on S Mon Air Line, operated thru-rted, with S Mon Cyn Loc. L., disc.

21 April - Riv: Brockton Ave. Loc. L. ab. beyond Jurupa Ave.

1 May - Riv: Brockton Ave. Loc. L. separated from Fairmont Park Loc, L., which is thru-rted. with Victoria Hill.

3 May - S Mon: Lincoln Blvd. Loc. L. thru-rted. with Third St. Loc. L.; Venice-S Mon-West LA via S Mon Blvd. Loc. L. disc. nights only,

After 8 May - S Ped: Fourteenth St. Loc. L. franchise ab.

22 June - Inglewood - Ocean Park Sunday service est.

About September - Inglewood - Ocean Park Sunday service disc.

By 29 December - S Mon: Lincoln Blvd. Loc. L. separated from Third St. Loc. L.

1920

January - LA: Annandale Loc. L. shuttle at all hours.

1 February - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. reest. except nights.

March - LA-Catalina Dock, L Bch-Catalina Dock est. as independent lines to new Catalina terminal in Wilmington.

31 May - L Bch: Seaside Park Loc. L. temp. disc.; American Ave. Loc. L. temp. thru-rted, with Magnolia Ave.

After July - West LA-Soldiers’ Home ab.

1 November - LA- Redl via S Bdo through service est.; “Angel City Ltd.” and "Citrus Belt Ltd." est. on LA-S Bdo.

28 November - Pas: one-man service est. on local lines.

1921

LA: Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. changed to terminate at Gardner Jct.;

Laurel Canyon Loc. L. est. as separate shuttle [by or during this year].

L Bch: Seaside Park Loc. L. reest., thrurted. with American Ave. Loc. L. [by or during this year].

December - Santa Ana - Huntington Beach franchise ab. [possibly January 1922].

29 December - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain Loc. L. temp. disc. [account snow].

31 December - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain Loc. L. reest.

1922

Manhattan-Red Bch Loc. L. reest. [before or early in 1922].

1 January - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L., night service reest.

3 January - LA- Dominguez Jct. rush hour service on LA-S Ped line est.

20 December - Redl: Olive Ave. Loc. L. ab. [another source gives date to follow in 1923; probably franchise only continued].

1923

1 January - Manhattan - Red Bch Loc. L. ext. to Cliffton,

15 January - Beverly Hills - Coldwater Canyon Loc. L., ab.

10 February - LA: Watts Loc. L. separated from South Pas Loc. L.; Watts loops through Main St. Sta., South Pas loops via San Pedro, Sixth, and Main Sts.

13 June - Redl: Olive Ave. (San Mateo) Loc. L. [franchise?] ab.

1 July - L Bch: Seaside Park Loc. L. ab. except franchise.

3 July - Pas: North Loop Loc. L. ab.

22 July - Pas: Tournament Park Loc. L. ab.

29 July - Pas: East Washington Loc. L.,

North Orange Grove Ave. Loc. L. ab.;

North Lake Ave. Loc. L. separated from North Orange Grove; Altadena Loc. L. separated from East Washington; North Lake Ave. and Altadena thru-rted,

1924

LA-Glendale-East Broadway ext., from Glendale Ave. to Chevy Chase Dr.

About February or March - L Bch: Naples Jct.-Second St. Loc. L. est.

10 March - LA: Laurel Canyon Loc. L. ab.

16 April - Pasadena-Shorb ab.

21 April - S Ped: Outer Harbor Loc. L. ab.

June -S Mon: S Mon Canyon Loc. L. ab. from Center St. to Long Wharf.

1 June - Manhattan-Cliffton Loc. L. disc.

1 June - S Bdo - Patton ab.; S Bdo- Highland night service disc.

July ? - L Bch: Pine Ave. Loc. L. ab.

July ? - Redl: Country Club Loc. L., Smiley Heights Loc. L. temp. disc.

3 July - Upland-San Antonio Heights ab. from La Cima to San Antonio Heights.

4 July - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. changed temp. to shuttle; Western Franklin Aves. Loc. L. temp. disc.

4 July - San Dimas Loc, L, ab.

7 July - S Bdo - Arrowhead Hot Springs temp. disc.; Riv- Arlington separated into independent line from Arlington-Corona; Riv: Rubidoux-Evergreen Loc . L. ab.

After 24 July - Huntington Beach- L Bch via Seal Beach line est.

29 July - LA - Alhambra ext. from East San Gabriel to Temple City.

October - Upland-La Cima ab.

1 October - Pom: East Fifth St., East Holt Ave., Ganesha Park via West Holt and North Garey Aves. Loop, South Garey Ave.- Cemetery, and West Second St. Loc. L. ab. [these had perhaps had franchises only since July].

3 December - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. reest, as through service [a probable date only; perhaps 2 January 1925].

1925

2 January - LA: Western-Franklin Aves. Loc. L., reest,

2 January - S Bdo-Arrowhead Hot Springs reest., shuttle from Highland Ave. and ‘B’ St.; through service later.

1 March - Riv: Fairmont Park and Victoria Hill Loc. L., ab.

15 June - Redl: Country Club Loc. L., Smiley Heights Loc. L. reest. [inferred from ab. date of temp. motor coaches.]

20 July - LA - Burbank ext. from Cypress Ave. to Benmar Hills (Eton Dr.)

1 December - Subway opens. LA-Glendale-Burbank, LA-Glendale-North Glendale, LA-Glendale-East Broadway rerted. from Sixth and LA Sts. to terminal in subway.

1926

7 February - LA: Hollywood Blvd. via subway Loc. L. est.; S Mon Blvd.-Cahuenga Pass, S Mon Blvd.-West Hollywood, LA-North Hollywood-Van Nuys- Canoga Park, -San Fernando rerted. from Hill St. Sta. to terminal in subway.

After 15 February - Huntington Beach-L Bch via Seal Beach line disc.

1 March - Pas: Arroyo Seco Loc. L. ab.

23 May - Redl: Country Club and East Citrus Loc. L. ab.

16 June - Redi: Brookside (Terracina) Loc. L. ab.

November - S Ped-L Bch-Npt Bch- Balboa via Naples Jct, line est.

1 November - LA-S Mon via Beverly Hills line combined with LA-Venice via Short Line into loop at beach end; loop of Short Line via Third St. probably ab.

13 November - LA: Annandale Loc. L., ab. from Adelaide Pl. to Annandale.

1927

Early - El Segundo- Hawthorne line disc. Sundays only.

22 January - S Mon: Lincoln Blvd. Loc. L. ab.

1 February - LA-S Mon via Beverly Hills line separated from LA-Venice Short Line at beach end.

17 October - S Bdo: Urbita Springs Loc. L. ab.

After 19 October - LA-S Ped via Watts Gardena-Carson cutoff ab.

1 November - S Mon: Third St. Loc. L. ab. from Third and S Mon Blvd. to Broadway and Ocean.

1928

LA-Sierra Madre shuttle nights only.

12 January - L Bch: Seaside Park franchise ab.

1 April - Riv-S Bdo separated from S Bdo Redl and thru-rted. With Riv-Arlington.

3 April - LA: Avenue 64 Loc. L. ab.

15 June - Riv-S Bdo separated from Riv-Arlington and thru-rted, with S Bdo-Redl.

24 June - L Bch: Magnolia Ave. Loc. L. ab.

14 September - Inglewood-Ocean Park ab.; had been one franchise car a day-since 1911, except brief summer periods such as 1919.

6 October - Ontario-Upland ab.

20 October - LA-Pas via Oak Knoll rerted, from terminal at Union and Fair Oaks to Woodbury and North Lake Ave.

10 November - Huntington Beach-La Bolsa ab.

After 14 December - S Ped-L Bch-Npt Bch-Balboa via Naples Jct. line disc.

1929

About June - LA-Pas via Oak Knoll rerted. to Union and Fair Oaks except rush hour service to Woodbury and North Lake in addition.

13 December - S Mon: Third St. Loc. L. ab.

1930

After 10 July - LA-Yorba Linda-Stern ab. except rush hours and franchise.

15 September - Santa Ana-Orange ab.

1 November - El Segundo-Hawthorne ab.

After 13 November - LA- Fullerton ab. except franchise.

1931

After 25 May - Redl: Smiley Heights Loc. L., ab. on outer end.

11 August - Arlington-Corona ab.

After 23 November - S Ped: West Basin Loc. L. ab.; had been one franchise car daily since 1911.

After 30 November - L Bch: Seal Beach Loc. L. temp. disc. beyond Alamitos Bay.

1932

On or by 1 January - LA-Rubio Canyon partially rerted. outbound from Oak Knoll to Short Line.

18 January - LA; Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. thru-rted, with Venice Blvd. Loc. L. and separated from Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. nights and Sundays only; LA-Hollywood-Venice line rerted, from Hill St. Sta, to terminal in subway except Sundays.

After 28 March - LA-Fullerton, LA-Stern franchises disc. Sundays only,

3 April - Pas: North Lake Ave. Loc. L. ab. from Woodbury and Lake to Mendocino and Country Club Park.

1 September - S Bdo-Arrowhead Hot Springs ab.

1 October - LA: Western- Franklin Aves, Loc. L. thru-rted, with Venice Blvd Loc. L. rush hours only; Western-Franklin changed to shuttle except in rush hours.

16 November - LA: Watts and South Pas Loc. L. thru-rted. via Main St.

1933

LA-Sierra Madre shuttle except rush hours only [1933-35].

LA-Dominguez Jct., rush hour service on LA-S Ped line disc.

Early - LA-Hollywood-Venice line rerted. into terminal in subway on Sundays.

1 January - Pom-Claremont ab.

After 19 June - Venice - Playa Del Rey via Lagoon disc. nights only.

30 July - LA (Southern Pacific Sta.)-Pas (Southern Pacific Sta.) ab.

26 October - LA - Red Bch via Hawthorne ab.

After 6 November - LA: S Mon via Air Line local service (Culver Jct.) disc.

After 4 December - LA - Stern franchise ab. beyond Yorba Linda [? No Stern service shown in public time tables since 1930.]

1934

31 January - S Mon: S Mon Canyon Loc. L. ab. [another source gives 22 August 1933; line had been franchise only for some time previous.]

1 March - LA-Glendale-East Broadway disc. except rush hours only; Glendale: East Broadway Loc. L. ab.

23 July - Glendale: East Broadway Loc. L. reest.

By 1 September - S Bdo- Highland ab. except franchise.

1 October - S Ped: Point Firmin Loc. L. ab.

1935

LA: Western-Franklin Aves. Loc. L. separated from Venice Blvd. Loc. L. in rush hours.

2 January - LA: South Pas Loc. L. ab. north of Mission Rd. (General Hospital)

On or by 24 May - LA-Rubio Canyon entirely rerted. outbound via Short Line.

1 June - L Bch: American Ave. Loc. L. ab.; replaced by local stops on interurban to LA.

1 September - LA - Whittier ab. except franchise; LA: Huntington Park-Maywood Bell-Walker Loc. L. est.

1936

LA: S Mon Air Line local service temp. reest. to Eleventh Ave.; then withdrawn [No written evidence.]

1 March - Pas: Lamanda Park Loc. L. ab. from Lamanda Park to Lamanda Park Jct.

1 June - Riv: Brockton Ave. Loc. L. ab.

12 July - LA-Glendale- Burbank line disc. nights and Sundays only; LA-Glendale-North Glendale disc. except rush hours only and Saturday afternoons; Glendale East Broadway Loc. L. ab.; LA: Edendale Loc. L. ext. from Whitmore Ave. to Monte Sano.

13 July - Venice - Playa Del Rey via Lagoeon ab.

20 July - S Bdo-Redl ab.; Redl: Smiley Heights Loc. L. ab.; S Bdo- Highland franchise ab.; LA-Redl through service ab.

15 September - LA - Rubio Canyon, Rubio Canyon- Echo Mountain incline, Mount Lowe-Echo Mountain Loc. L. ab. except franchise.

1937

1 May - S Bdo: Highland Ave.-‘D’ St. Loc. L. ext. from Highland and ‘B’ St. to 34th St. and Mountain View Ave.

1938

23 January - LA-Whittier, LA-Fullerton, LA-Yorba Linda franchises ab.

23 January - S Ped: La Rambla Loc. L. ab.

1 February - S Bdo-Riv ab. except franchise.

28 February - Mount Lowe - Echo Mountain franchises ab. [about March; this date from newspaper flood reports].

March - Numerous lines temp. disc. for several days account floods, then reest.

6 March - LA: Huntington Park- Maywood-Bell-Walker Loc. L. ab.

25 March - LA: Western- Franklin Aves, Loc. L. temp. disc.

12 April - LA: Western- Franklin Aves, Loc. L., reest.

30 May - LA-Van Nuys-Canoga Park, LA-Van Nuys-San Fernando ab. beyond Van Nuys;

LA: S Mon Blvd.-Cahuenga Pass Loc. L. absorbed by LA-Van Nays.

1 June - LA: Watts Loc. L. and General Hospital Loc. L. separated; Watts thru-rted. with Sierra Vista Loc. L.; General Hospital changed into shuttle at all hours.

18 September - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. temp. disc. except rush hours only to Sunset Blvd. and Echo Park; Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. and Venice Bl. Loc. L. thru-rted. at all hours.

1939

8 January - LA- Hollywood - Venice line disc. nights only; rerted, Sundays only via Hill to Eleventh; LA: Hollywood Blvd. via Subway Loc. L. disc. nights only; Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. separated from Venice Blvd. nights only and ext. from Gardner St. to Beverly Hills; Venice Blvd. Loc. L. disc. nights only, with Venice Short Line and LA-Red Bch via Playa Del Rey local nights only,

26 February - LA - Red Bch - Cliffton via Delta-Gardena ab.; LA-S Ped via Torrance ab. beyond Torrance.

8 May - Riv-S Bdo franchise ab.

22 June - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. reest. except nights and Sundays; Venice Blvd. Loc. L. disc. Sundays; LA-Venice via Short Line and LA-Red Bch via Playa Del Rey local Sundays.

23 October - LA (Southern Pacific Sta.)- L Bch-S Ped ab.

1940

14 January - LA - Red Bch - Cliffton via Athens-Gardena ab.; Hermosillo-Torrance ab.

24 February- L Bch: East L Bch-North L Bch, East Seventh St., Naples Junction Second St., and Seal Beach Loc. L., ab. except franchises.

17 March - LA: Western-Franklin Aves. Loc. L. ab.

12 May - LA- Red Bch-Cliffton via Playa Del Rey ab. except franchise.

9 June - LA - Huntington Beach- Npt Bch-Balboa temp. ab. except franchise to Npt Bch,

9 June - Riv-Rialto ab. except franchise;

1941

LA-S Bdo service reduced from 8 to 4 round trips daily; all Northern District local and interurban lines rerted. in LA from Aliso St. onto temp. tracks via Macy St.

30 June - S Mon - West LA via Brentwood ab., except franchise,

7 July - LA - S Mon via Vineyard-Beverly Hills ab. except partial franchise;

LA: Venice Blvd. Loc. L. ext. from Vineyard to San Vicente Blvd. and Genesee St.

8 September - LA: Edendale Loc. L. rerted. to terminal in subway; portion via Sixth St. to Southern Pacific Sta. ab.

14 September - LA- S Ped via Dominguez Jct. special service to fleet via Outer Harbor line disc.

15 September - L Bch -S Ped line rerted, via Ocean Ave. in both directions, nights only.

29 September - L Bch- S Ped line rerted, onto loop via Third, Pine, Ocean, at all hours.

30 September - LA-Pas via Oak Knoll, LA Pas via Short Line rerted, in Pas from loops on Raymond Ave. through car barn to Colorado and Fair Oaks Ave. in both directions to car barn.

22 October - L Bch: local line franchises ab.

12 November - L Bch - S Pas line rerted. via Ocean Ave. in both directions at all hours; Third and Pine loop ab.

18 November - LA-S Mon via Beverly Hills, LA-Red Bch via Playa Del Rey, S Mon-West LA via Brentwood, Riv-Rialto, North L Bch-Npt Bch franchises ab.

24 November - LA-Glendale-Burbank, LA-Glendale-North Glendale reest, at all hours; LA-Burbank ab. from Cypress Ave. to Benmar Hills (Eton Dr.); LA: Edendale Loc. L. absorbed by LA-Glendale lines except rush hours only, when ext. from Monte Sano to Richardson.

1941

18 January - LA- Pas via Short Line rush hour only service to Altadena ab.; LA Pas via Oak Knoll rush hour only service to Woodbury and North Lake ab.

19 January - Pas: Lincoln Ave., Lamanda Park Jct., North Fair Oaks Ave., and North Lake Ave. Loc. L. ab.

9 February - LA - Venice via Short Line thru-rted, with Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L., except rush hours, nights and Sundays; LA: Hollywood-Blvd. via Subway Loc. L. disc. Sundays.

24 August - LA-Hollywood-Venice line ab.; LA-Hollywood Blvd. via Subway Loc. L.

absorbs LA-Beverly Hills portion except nights and Sundays; LA: Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. absorbs LA-Beverly Hills portion nights and Sundays.

2 November - LA-Pom, LA-S Bdo ab. beyond Baldwin Park, except rush hours only beyond Covina, and franchise, S Bdo-Bench.

30 November - LA- Alhambra - San Gabriel Temple City ab.

23 December - LA Catalina Dock, L Bch Catalina Dock lines disc.

1942

1 January - Special service to Tournament of Roses in Pas disc.; did not operate 1942-5 inclusive.

15 February - LA- S Ped via Dominguez Jct. and L Bch-S Ped line rerted. from drawbridge to West Basin.

22 February - S Bdo: Highland Ave.-‘D’ St., S Bdo-Colton via Mount Vernon Ave. Loc. L. ab., except franchise from 34th St. to Bench.

20 July - LA - Npt Bch reest, (Club Car only, one round trip daily).

4 August - S Bdo: 34th St.-Bench franchise ab.

15 August - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. reest. nights and Sundays; thru-rting, with Venice Blvd. Loc. L. rush hours only disc.

18 September - LA-Npt Bch disc.

27 September - All-rail use of Main St. Sta. disc. LA-Pas via Oak Knoll, LA Pas via Short Line rerted. in LA from Main St. Sta, onto loop via San Pedro, Sixth, and Main Sts.; LA-Sierra Madre line rerted, in LA from loop through Main St. Sta. to stub end tracks at rear via San Pedro St. both directions.

17 October - LA: General Hospital-Echandia Jct. Loc. L. shuttle ab.

1943

10 January - Riv-Arlington ab.

21 February - LA - Sierra Madre disc. as independent through service in rush hours, replaced by rear cars of LA-Monrovia trains at rush hours.

19 March - LA- Terminal Island, L Bch-Terminal Island (Calship) est.

18 April - LA-Venice via Short Line separated from Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. at all hours; Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L. changed to terminate at Eleventh and Hill nights and Sundays; San Vicente Blvd. changed to shuttle from Vineyard to Genesee St. nights and Sundays.

2 May - North L Bch-Npt Bch shuttle est.

15 May - LA-Npt Bch through service reest.

15 May - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. ext. to Pas via Short Line in owl hours.

6 July - LA - Npt Bch early morning and night service disc.

18 July (OUTBOUND), 22 July (INBOUND) All Northern District local and interurban lines rerted. in LA from temp. tracks on Macy St. to Aliso St.

19 September - LA-Npt Bch disc.

1944

19 June - LA.-Npt Bch reest,, rush hours only.

16 September - LA-Npt Bch disc.

1945

17 June - LA-Npt Bch reest., partial service only.

15 September - LA-Npt Bch disc.

16 September - LA-Terminal Island, L Bch-Terminal Island (Calship) ab.

12 November - LA-Santa Ana ab. in Santa Ana from P.E. Sta. to Southern Pacific Sta,

1946

1 January - Annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pas looping through all-rail Main St. Sta. reest.

6 March - LA-Catalina Dock, L Bch-Catalina Dock reest.

17 June - LA-Npt Bch reest., partial service only.

8 September - LA-Npt Bch disc. Sundays only; continues rush hours only.

16 September - LA - Dominguez Jct., rush hour service on LA-S Ped line reest.

2 November - LA-Covina (Citrus and Badillo), rush hours only, ab.

4 November - LA-Covina (Front and Second) rush hours only, est.

24 December - LA-Glendale-East Broadway, rush hours only, ab.

1947

28 February - LA-S Ped via Dominguez Jct. rerted, from West Basin to drawbridge.

28 March - LA-Covina ab. beyond Baldwin Park.

5 October - LA-Pas via Oak Knoll, LA-Pas via Short Line rerted, in LA from loop on Sixth St. into Main St. Sta, stub end tracks via San Pedro St.

1948

11 June - LA - Sierra Madre ab. except rush hours only.

8 November - LA-Glendale - North Glendale temp. disc. beyond Burchett St.

29 December - LA-Glendale-North Glendale reest. in full,

1949

2 January – L Bch-S Ped line ab.

4 April - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. temp. disc. except daily except nights and Sundays from Eleventh and Hill to Montana and Echo Park Ave.

30 April - L Bch-Catalina Dock line ab.

11 June - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L. reest. in full,

8 August - LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. owl service to Pas via Short Line disc.

29 December - LA-Burbank ab. from Cypress Ave. to Orange Grove Ave. in Burbank.

1 January - Last annual special service to Tournament of Roses in Pas looping through all-rail Main St. Sta.

8 April - LA - Npt Bch line disc. Saturdays only.

30 June - LA - Npt Bch line, rush hours only, ab.

2 July - LA - Santa Ana ab. beyond Bellflower.

13 August - LA: S Mon Blvd.-West Hollywood Loc. L. changed to shuttle from S Mon Blvd. and Highland Ave. nights.

17 September - LA-Venice via Short Line ab. except franchise.

1 October - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L., Hollywood Blvd. via Hill St. Loc. L., and Venice Blvd.-San Vicente Blvd. Loc. L. ab. except franchise; Hollywood Bl. via Subway Loc. L. reest. nights and Sundays; Venice Short Line franchise thru-rted, with Echo Park Ave.'s.

6 October - LA - Sierra Madre ab. except franchise.

8 October - LA-Pas via Oak Knoll ab. except franchise.

15 October - LA-Baldwin Park ab.

22 October - LA: Watts Loc. L. separated from Sierra Vista Loc. L. and both rerted. to stub end tracks at rear of Main St. Sta. via San Pedro St.; Main St. portion ab. except franchise.

28 December - LA: Echo Park Ave. Loc. L., LA-Venice via Short Line, San Vicente Blvd. Loc. L. LA -Sierra Madre, LA-Pas via Oak Knoll, etc., franchises ab.

1951

30 September LA - Monrovia - Glendora, LA-Pas via Short Line, LA: Sierra Vista Loc. L. ab.

1952

1 October - LA-Catalina Dock line ab.[?]

1953

[5 January - LA-North Hollywood-Van Nuys and LA: S Mon Blvd.-West Hollywood Loc. L. ab. TENTATIVE DATE ONLY.]

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The compiler wishes to thank Messrs. H.O. Marler and Lloyd Young of PE, Raymond

E. Younghans, Ira L. Swett, and Lazear Israel for their valuable assistance.