Pacific Electric Railway

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Pacific Electric, also known as the Red Car system, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California comprised of electrically powered streetcars, light rail, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920's. Organized around the city centers of Los Angeles and San Bernardino, it connected cities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County.

The system shared dual gauge track with the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway, "Yellow Car" or "LARy" system on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles (directly in front of the busy 6th and Main terminal), on 4th Street, and along Hawthorne Boulevard south of downtown LA toward the cities of Hawthorne, Gardena, and Torrance.

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Electric_Railway

Belmont Tunnel (Los Angeles County, California)
Abandoned tunnel on Railroad (PE)
Abandoned

Pacific Electric Bike Trail Bridge (San Bernardino County, California)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Foothill Boulevard on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

Pacific Electric Bridge (San Bernardino County, California)
Lost pratt through truss bridge over Santa Ana River on Pacific Electric Railroad
Demolished in 2012 to make room for the Mountain View Ave extension

PE Ballona Creek Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Ballona Creek on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

PE Circular Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Stringer bridge over Las Flores Canyon on Pacific Electric Railroad
Destroyed by flooding

PE Fletcher Drive Trestle (Los Angeles County, California)
Buitl 1904 as timber trestle, rebuilt 1928 with deck girder main span
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Fletcher Drive on Pacific Electric Railway
Removed but not replaced

PE Grand Canal Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Grand Canal on Parking Lot
Open to traffic

PE Los Angeles River Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Los Angeles River on Railroad
Removed

PE San Pedro River Bascule Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1912 Removed sometime betwixt 1955-58
Lost Through truss bridge over West Basin on Railroad
Removed

PE Santa Ana River Bridge (Orange County, California)
Pegram through truss bridge over Santa Ana River Channel on Pacific Electric Railway
Closed to all traffic

PE Spadra Avenue Overpass (Orange County, California)
Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Spadra Avenue (Now Harbor Boulevard) on Railroad
Removed

PE Torrance Boulevard Overpass (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1913
Concrete tee beam bridge over Torrance Blvd on the Southern Pacific RR in Torrance
Plans to open to pedestrians but this has not yet happened.

PE Venice/La Cienega Boulevards Overpass (Los Angeles County, California)
Removed 1963
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Venice Boulevard/South La Cienega Boulevard on Railroad
Removed

Punta Larga over the San Gabriel River (Los Angeles County, California)
Build 1907; rebabilitated 1987
Open-spandrel arch bridge over San Gabriel River on Bicycle & Pedestrian Path in Duarte
Open to Pedestrians & Bicyclists & Equestrians