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Sheet no. 43 - Sewer W/S Military Ave. - Richland Ave. to Ayers Ave. (Westwood Branch)21 views
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Butterfield & Northvale Roads24 viewsThe tracks are a few feet above grade at this point. Century City appears on the horizon beyond Cheviot Hills.
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Aerial170 viewsLabelled with school and homeowner associations
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Westbound on the Old Beverly Hills Santa Monica Line, near Sepulveda (West L.A. Junction) - June 20, 1953224 viewsPacific Electric Railway (PERY) Engine 1613
Photo by Alan Weeks
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Westbound on the Santa Monica Air Line west of Amoco Junction - December 13, 1953 141 viewsAccording to the Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California (www.erha.org/pelines/pewal.htm), the Santa Monica Air Line ran from "6th & Main Station via elevated tracks, San Pedro Street, E. Ninth St. (Olympic) to Hooper, thence via private way to Amoco Junction.; at this point the Santa Monica Air Line entered its own single track private right of way line, crossing the southern part of the city of Los Angeles, emerging onto Exposition Boulevard. at Figueroa Street, entering private way again at Vermont, thence to Culver Junction, where it crossed the Venice Short Line. The line then continued on private way to Palms, Talamantes, Home Junction., Santa Monica and terminus at Ocean Park Car House." Photographer, Alan Weeks.
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Railroad Booster's Excursion at Palms Station - PE's X738 May Day 1938163 viewsThe Palms Depot was declared an historical monument in 1963; nonetheless, it fell into disrepair and was finally condemned. In 1975, S.O.S. (Save Our Station), a grass roots organization, succeeded in moving the depot to Heritage Square Museum, thus saving it from demolition. The exterior and interior have been restored to their original Eastlake style. Today the depot serves as the Museum's Visitor Center.
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South of the 10 Freeway, looking north 22 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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Steam Engine on the Expo Right of Way - 1898182 viewsA steam engine is shown going through a Los Angeles & Independence Railway tunnel in the area that is now the McLure Tunnel in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles & Independence Railway ran on what was later called then Santa Monica Air Line and is now called the Exposition Right of Way.
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue34 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue, a trash truck passes on the freeway on the far side of the tracks.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue38 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue37 viewsReza Iranpour, Assistant Division Manager of the Watershed Protection Division, indicates location of the train bridge over Motor Avenue. (The Watershed Protection Division is within the Los Angeles Department of Public Works' Bureau of Sanitation.) A tent provides temporary shelter just west of the bridge.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue40 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue, a tent provides temporary shelter just west of the train bridge over Motor Avenue. Jul 05, 2009
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Pedestrian Bridge to from Cheviot Hills to Palms Park 34 viewsView north from pedestrian bridge toward Dunleer Drive.Jul 05, 2009
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Pedestrian Bridge to from Cheviot Hills to Palms Park 52 viewsReza Iranpour, Assistant Division Manager of the Watershed Protection Division, indicates location of the tracks. (The Watershed Protection Division is within the Los Angeles Department of Public Works' Bureau of Sanitation.)Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue40 viewsViewed across the tracks from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue, a Santa Monica Big Blue Bus on the freeway is about to cross over Motor Avenue.Jul 04, 2009
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Looking southeast toward tracks from Pedestrian Bridge47 viewsThe tracks are below in a culvert as they head south and east before crossing under the Santa Monica Freeway.Jul 04, 2009
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