Sierra Madre (Pacific Electric)

Sierra Madre
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building Sierra Madre, California
Stations	24
Daily ridership	1713 (last counted)
Operation
Opened	January 1, 1906
Closed	October 6, 1950
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Rolling stock	PE 1100 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length	16.9 miles
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
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The Sierra Madre was a Pacific Electric interurban line which ran 16.9 miles (27.2 km) from the Pacific Electric Building in Los Angeles to Sierra Madre. The line opened to Pasadena on March 19, 1904, and was extended to Sierra Madre in 1906; it closed on October 6, 1950.^[1]

Sierra Madre 1908 with PE line Depot and the Hotel Shirley in background

List of Major Stations

Central Ave, Sierra Madre CA in 1904. A mule team is grading the Ave for the installation of the 1905 Pacific Electric street car, in the background is the Old North Church with the original barn roof bell tower.

References

• Pasadena Heritage Org Running with History - Mile 23: Sierra Madre Line
• USC Digital Library, View of Pacific Electric car 401 at the intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre, 1908

Pacific Electric
Routes	Northern Division Alhambra-San Gabriel Annandale Arlington-Corona Arrowhead Covina East Washington El Monte-Baldwin Park Highland Lamanda Park Monrovia-Glendora Mount Lowe North Lake Pasadena Short Line Pasadena via Oak Knoll Ontario-San Antonio Heights Ontario-Upland Pomona Pomona-Claremont Redlands Riverside-Arlington Riverside-Rialto San Bernardino-Riverside San Dimas San Dimas Local Shorb Sierra Madre Sierra Vista Local South Pasadena Local Upland-San Bernardino Western Division Beverly Hills Brush Canyon Coldwater Canyon Echo Park Avenue Edendale Local Glendale-Burbank Lankershim-Van Nuys Laurel Canyon Owensmouth Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey San Fernando Santa Monica Air Line Sawtelle Sherman Soldiers' Home Venice-Inglewood Venice-Playa del Rey Venice Short Line West 16th Street Western and Franklin Avenue Westgate Southern Division American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock East Seventh Street East Third Street Fullerton Hawthorne-El Nido Hawthorne-El Segundo Huntington Beach-La Bolsa La Habra-Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach-San Pedro Redondo via Gardena San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana-Huntington Beach Santa Ana-Orange Seal Beach Seal Beach-Huntington Beach-Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier
Notable	Belmont Tunnel / Toluca Substation and Yard Pacific Electric Building Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge Substation No. 8 Strike of 1903 Subway Terminal Building Watts Station
Related	Predecessors Los Angeles Inter-Urban Electric Railway Monrovia Rapid Transit Company Mount Lowe Railway Pasadena and Pacific Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Connecting Glendale and Montrose Railway Los Angeles Railway Successors Los Angeles Metro LAMTA OCTA Omnitrans Port of LA Waterfront Red Car SCRTD