Shorb Line

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.

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
Closed	April 16, 1924
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	600 V DC Overhead lines
Route map Pasadena Raymond Hill South Pasadena multiple lines Oneonta Park La Cresta Sierra Vista multiple lines Shorb Road Junction Alhambra–San Gabriel Shorb

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 opened 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

1. "Alhambra-San Gabriel Line". Electric Rail Heritage Association. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
2. Walker, Jim (2006). Pacific Electric Red Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 9780738546889.
3. 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). Retrieved 14 January 2021.