Sherman (Pacific Electric)

Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific. Pasadena and Pacific became part of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. The line ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman (present-day) West Hollywood. The line is named after Moses Sherman, who built the line and built Sherman street car yard on the line in West LA. The large 5.56 acre, rail facility was on Santa Monica Boulevard just West of La Cienega Boulevard. The yard had a steam power house, a car barn and a shop building. Pacific Electric moved the yard works to 7th & Central in LA. In the 1930 buses started to run from the depot there also. The lines was discontinued on September 25, 1954. In 1974 all the rail buildings were taking down for development.

Sherman
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Hill Street Station West Hollywood
Stations	8
Daily ridership	5,314,149 (last counting)
Operation
Opened	1896
Closed	1953
Owner	Southern Pacific Railroad
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
Rolling stock	Steel 600 Class (last used)
Technical
Line length	9.84 mi
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Beverly Hills West Hollywood Beverly Hills Quint Crescent Oakhurst Owensmouth Highland Avenue South Hollywood Virgil Avenue Beverly Hills Sunset Junction Glendale-Burbank US 101 1st Street Toluca Substation and Yard Hollywood Subway I-110 / SR 110 (Harbor Freeway) Subway Terminal

See also

• Streetcar suburb
• Streetcars in North America
• List of California railroads
• History of rail transportation in California
• Union Station (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Motordrome

References

• Electric Railway Heritage Association
• Venice Electric Railway Heritage Association, Sherman-West Hollywood Line