Sierra Madre (Pacific Electric)

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

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
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
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
Route map Mount Wilson Trail Sierra Madre Kinneloa Wash Villa Eaton Wash El Rincon Vinedo Santa Fe Lamanda Park Halliday Monrovia–Glendora San Marino Las Rosas El Molino San Pasqual Wash Pasqualito Fletcher Avenue Pasadena Short Line Oneonta Park La Cresta 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

List of Major Stations

Station	Major Connections	Date Opened	Date Closed	City
Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre		1902	1950	Sierra Madre
Lamanda Park Junction	Lamanda Park	1902	1950	Pasadena
San Marino	Monrovia-Glendora	1902	1950	San Marino
El Molino	Monrovia-Glendora, Pasadena via Oak Knoll	1902	1950
Oneonta Park	Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Shorb	1901	1951	South Pasadena
Sierra Vista	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Shorb	1901	1951	Alhambra
Covina Junction	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, Upland-San Bernardino	1901	1951	Los Angeles
Echandia Junction	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, South Pasadena Local, Upland-San Bernardino	1895	1951
Pacific Electric Building	Alhambra-San Gabriel, Annandale, Balboa, Fullerton, Hawthorne-El Segundo, La Habra-Yorba Linda, Long Beach, Monrovia-Glendora, Mount Lowe, Pasadena Short Line, Pasadena via Oak Knoll, Pomona, Riverside-Rialto, San Pedro via Dominguez, San Pedro via Gardena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica Air Line, Soldiers' Home, South Pasadena Local, Whittier	1905	1961

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

1. "Pacific Electric Sierra Madre Line". Electric Railway Historic Association of Southern California. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

• 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