Southern California Railway

Southern California Railway was formed on November 7, 1889. It was formed by consolidation of the California Southern Railroad Company, the California Central Railway Company, and the Redondo Beach Railway Company.[1][2]

A second consolidation and reforming on the Southern California Railway was on June 27, 1892, this was done by consolidation of the former Southern California Railway Company (above) with the Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway and the San Bernardino & Eastern Railway. On May 1, 1899, the Southern California Railway took control of the Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway.[3]

All of the lines of the Southern California Railway Company line (list above) were deeded to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company on January 17, 1906.[4]

San Bernardino and Eastern Railway

The San Bernardino and Eastern Railway was chartered on August 11, 1890, to build a rail line from City of San Bernardino, California via Highland, California to connect with line of Southern California Railway Company at or near its terminus in San Bernardino County, connecting at Mentone, California, with rail tracks built to that point in 1887 under the charter of the San Bernardino Valley Railway Company.

Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway

The Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway Company was chartered to build from a point at or near "Mesmer Station" on the line of the Southern California Railway Company between Inglewood, California, and Port Ballona (what is now Playa del Rey, Los Angeles), to Santa Monica, California. This franchise and its track were sold on March 21, 1902, to Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Company, including the rail line from Inglewood to near Mesmer Station built under charter of Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad Company.[5][6]

Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway

The Elsinore, Pomona And Los Angeles Railway Company was chartered on December 6, 1895, to build from Lake Elsinore, California, in Riverside County, in a north-westerly direction by way of Pomona to Azusa, in Los Angeles County, with a branch from Pomona to Lordsburg College. Construction was only completed from Elsinore Junction on the line of the Southern California Railway to Alberhill, a total of 7.8 miles. This rail line was deeded to the Southern California Railway Company on May 1, 1899.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States.
  2. ^ Los Angeles Herald, Volume 38, Number 52, 2 June 1892
  3. ^ HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.
  4. ^ abandonedrails.com Inglewood Branch, Mesmer
  5. ^ "Annual meetings, and directors and officers". Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company: 7–12. 1902. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. ^ Annual meetings, and directors and officers, Volumes 7-12 By Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
  7. ^ STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES
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