Re: West LA Train Station - Depot without tracks for 70 years
Author: Jacques
Date: 10-16-2009 - 07:33
Freericks Wrote:
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> Ken Scott Wrote:
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> > Great picture. However, the rails to this
> station
> > may have been removed but the rails to the
> > Soldiers Home remained until the early to
> > mid-1950's. The line came off the freight
> station
> > tracks at the corner of Santa Monica Bvd and
> > Sepulveda Bvd. After crossing Santa Monica
> Blvd,
> > the line paralled Sepulveda Bvd north for quite
> a
> > distance until it reached a freight shed. I
> use
> > to see this line, but never saw a freight car
> on
> > it. The line also had overhead wire until the
> > Freight Station at Santa Monica was removed,
> and
> > property sold for light industial useage.
>
> Yes, that was a different line... it had a
> different Soldiers Home station even way back in
> the day, which I'm guessing was where the freight
> shed you remember was. Do you know where the
> freight shed was? I've been trying to figure out
> where that line would have come in. If stayed
> along Sepulveda, it's obleterated now of course by
> the 405.
Up until the Wilshire Blvd Interchange of the 405 was built, the line that paralled Sepulveda crossed Wilshire and went maybe 1/4 to 1/2 mile north to some sort of station (probably freight only). As a part of the construction, a new metal freight shed was built just south of the south 405 ramp bridge across Sepulveda. That stub line remained (although mostly or entirely unused) until the entire line north of Pico was torn up. The metal freight shed remained until quite a bit later, however.