. Electric railway review . hairman; John A. Beeler, H. M. Sloan, John August 31. 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 245 TRACK AND ROADWAY OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC ANDLOS ANGELES INTERURBAN RAILWAYS. In several recent issues of the Electric Railway Reviewthere have been described some of the general features, andparticularly the rolling stock, of the Pacific Electric Railwayand the Los Angeles luterurban Railway. These two lines areoperated as a single system by one organization. Accompanying this descri])tion is a map which will serve per year for side track. The present sidetrack mileage
. Electric railway review . hairman; John A. Beeler, H. M. Sloan, John August 31. 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 245 TRACK AND ROADWAY OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC ANDLOS ANGELES INTERURBAN RAILWAYS. In several recent issues of the Electric Railway Reviewthere have been described some of the general features, andparticularly the rolling stock, of the Pacific Electric Railwayand the Los Angeles luterurban Railway. These two lines areoperated as a single system by one organization. Accompanying this descri])tion is a map which will serve per year for side track. The present sidetrack mileage is ,which amount was not included in the ...^0 miles of singletrack. Some of the more recent extensions include a double-track line from Los Angeles to Covina, 22 mil<^; a double-Irack extension of the Monrovia line, to Glendora, & miles;a double-track high-speed cut-off two miles long on the LosAngeles-Pasadena line; an extension of the San Pedro lineto the ocean shore, IV^ miles; a double-track extension of the. Pacific Electric Railway—Map Showing Electric Lines In the Vicinity of Los Angeles. to show the scope of territory tributary to Los Angeles, served Long Beach line from Willows to .\ewport Beach, about 23 by the many radiating lines of these companies. There are miles, and Santa Ana to Benedict. S miles. These distances now in operation about . miles of single track, the branches. as stated are measured as route miles, but each route is however, being almost without exception built as double double-tracked. track lines. It is stated that the trackage is growing at An important part of the recent track work is the con- a rate of about 100 miles per year for main line and 12 miles struction of a H-mile four-track entrance to the city of Los 24(i ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII. No. 9. Angeles. These tracks are built upon a private riglu of wayreaching to within a very short distance of the terminalstation. This four-track section of the route affords a h
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