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Sheet no. 51 - Sewer - R/W W/O Federal Ave. - Palms Blvd. to Woodbine St. (Sawtelle Branch)23 views
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South of the 10 Freeway, looking north 3 viewsVista Del Mar Child and Family Services appears on the other side of the freeway, to which it gave up a great deal of land in the early 1960s. Before the freeway, the tracks marked the southern edge of the property.
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Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Depot - 1888106 viewsThis 1888 photo shows the depot of Southern California's second railroad, the Los Angeles and Independence. Originally a steam railroad, it began carrying freight and passengers between Santa Monica and Los Angeles in December, 1875. The line was later the Santa Monica Air Line, carrying electric trolleys until 1953. Diesel locomotives moved freight on the line until the 1980s.
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Looking east toward Palms Park Footbridge6 viewsWith steep hills on either side, one can make out the S-shaped curve as the tracks pass Cheviot Hills.
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Westbound on the Santa Monica Air Line at Venice and Robertson - 1940s116 viewsThis is probably at the intersection of Venice and Robertson Boulevards.
Photograph from Metro Library and Archive
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123 viewsIn 2007, Alan Weeks was uncertain of the exact location of this picture he took during the May 9, 1948 excursion: He said it could have been the Sunset Spur. But it also could have been at the Anawalt Lumber company (Pico & Sepulveda Boulevard) or east leg of the "Y" near Talamantes Junction.
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Sheet no. 16 - Detail Plan & Profile (Westwood Branch)15 views
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Eastbound on the Santa Monica Air Line at 11th Avenue siding - September 25, 1953104 viewsAlan Weeks photographed Pacific Electric Railway car 5125 eastbound passing the 11th Avenue siding.
About the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train on the siding, he wrote in 2008:
"They used to have the circus every year at Washington and Hill Streets. They would put a huge tent up on vacant land.
Billy Graham had his first Tent meeting there in 1949. I know because I attended the meeting at age 17."
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South of the 10 Freeway, looking west 9 viewsLooking west over the bridge over Motor Avenue. May 05, 2009
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Northvale & Rountree Roads5 viewsLooking south toward catch basin.May 05, 2009
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Northvale & Rountree Roads4 viewsLooking southwest across Northvale.May 05, 2009
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Northvale & Rountree Roads 7 viewsLooking south at catch basin.May 05, 2009
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Northvale & Rountree Roads5 viewsLooking southeast across Northvale toward catch basin.May 05, 2009
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South of Northvale & Rountree Roads 6 viewsLooking west toward Overland Avenue. To the left are back fences of the "Ponticopoulos Tract" (or "Ponty Tract") part of the Westwood Gardens Civic Association. In the distance, to the right, is a fenced off parking lot for Overland Elementary School. May 05, 2009
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