Sierra Vista (Pacific Electric)

Sierra Vista
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Southern California
Termini	Pacific Electric Building, Downtown Los Angeles Sierra Vista, El Sereno, Eastside Los Angeles
Operation
Opened	1895
Closed	1950
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
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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. ^[1][2]

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

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