John,

Did SP use to run "local" passenger trains to Anaheim, Tustin, Chino or Long Beach (not counting Pacific Electric)... I mean, locomotive hauled trains... At least before the 1940's? Perhaps out of Central Sation?

Same goes for the Santa Fe and UP around the LA Area and in the same era...

Regards

Joe Cullum in Exeter



John Sweetser Wrote:
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> KCET's article had some errors:
>
>
> > In 1876, the Southern Pacific opened a new depot
> on the current site of Los Angeles State Historic
> Park (the Cornfield). Known as the River Station
> ...
>
> The depot being referred to opened on June 16,
> 1877 (not 1876) and was usually called the San
> Fernando Street depot. River Station came later.
> See below.
>
>
> > The railroad later upgraded the facility with
> many more passenger amenities, including a hotel
> and restaurants.
>
> The San Fernando Street depot was never
> "upgraded;" it was converted to a freight station
> and moved upon the opening of River Station - a
> two-story railroad depot and hotel - in 1884.
>
> Photo caption for third photo in article:
>
> > The Southern Pacific's River Station stood on
> the present-day site of the Los Angeles State
> Historic Park. In 1901, it was torn down and
> replaced by a new station, also called the River
> Station, across the street.
>
> River Station (the two-story depot hotel) was torn
> down in 1902 but it had been replaced as the main
> SP passenger station for Los Angeles in February
> 1889 by the Arcade Depot (the River Station that
> opened "across the street" was the storefront
> River Station).