Sierra Vista Line

The Sierra Vista Line was a route of the Pacific Electric Railway from 1895 to Oct. 22, 1950, first in the Northern District and later the Southern District.[1][2]

Sierra Vista
Overview
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building, Downtown Los Angeles Sierra Vista, El Sereno, Eastside Los Angeles
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
History
Opened	1895
Closed	1950
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map multiple lines Sierra Vista Newton Titus Happy Valley Soto Street Viaduct El Sereno Lincoln Park Southern Pacific RR Charlotte Street Marengo Street Upland–San Bernardino Valley Junction State Street Echandia Brooklyn Avenue Union Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR  P  Southern Division 6th/Main Terminal  F

Route

It ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the Sierra Vista Junction, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Main Street in the El Sereno community of Eastside Los Angeles.

It was part of the Northern District from 1895 to 1938. From 1938 until its demise in 1950, it was multiplexed with the Southern District Watts Line.

See also

• Pasadena Short Line — transfer station at Sierra Vista.

References

1. Bigmapblog.com: "Map of Los Angeles, California Rail Systems (1906)", with Pasadena Short Line labeled.
2. Bigmapblog.com: "Pacific Electric map of Los Angeles (1920)"

• Uncanny.net: Transportation and the City, Past and Present — Tour of Sierra Vista Local Line
• El Sereno Historical Society.org: History of El Sereno
• Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society.org: Northern District