Sierra Vista Line

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	Template:PE link logo
Operator(s)	Template:PE link logo
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 South Pasadena Echandia Macy Carhouse Brooklyn Avenue  B  Union Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR Main Street route (discontinued 1950)  P  Arcade Depot (1912–1914) Edendale 6th/Main Terminal  F  Southern Division

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

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 (Pacific Electric) — transfer station at Sierra Vista.

References

• 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