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> Lawndale, the "Hub of the Centinela Valley", was
> named by the original real estate agent, named
> Hopper, which had some connection with the Chicago
> suburb of the same name. Roy Rogers lived there
> for a while before becoming a C&W star and L.A.
> Ram Fred Dryer grew up there.
>
> Monaco (pernounced Mon-nac-o by the crews on the
> radio) was a siding on the west side of the tracks
> from Artesia Blvd to 170th St. for a liquor
> company. In the '60s and '70s,(and probably
> earlier - but I wasn't around then) the harbor
> bound trains really stuggled up that hill, and
> sometines had to double between Lawndale siding
> and Amaco. The station sign was at the Lomita RR
> Museum last time I saw it.
>
> The AT&SF got there in the 1920's. Until the
> 1930's, the PE ran down Hawthorne Blvd from
> Hawthorne, through Lawndale, to El Nido where it
> met the line from L.A. via Gardena (which lasted
> until 1940). It was originally the NG Redondo Rwy
> Ingelwood Branch. The now gone Belvedre Baptist
> church at El Nido was the Sub-Station/Depot. Four
> lines at one time or another time ran between L.A.
> Redondo!

Great info!!!! Thanks for posting.

I was just back there again today, shooting the First Trick Job.