South El Monte to Baldwin Park

The Baldwin Park Branch

Picture Point of Interest

Looking east-northeast along the right-of-way at the crossing with Southern Pacific's Sunset Route (now UP): Los Angeles is to the left; Colton, Yuma and all eastern points are to the right. This area looks completely different in 2010. The UP now crosses Ramona on an overpass; there are now businesses located on the former PE right-of-way. Photo by Mike Palmer, June 1984.

ICC Abandonment Filings

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: AB-12 (Sub 8) Date: 5/14/1973 Section: 1(18)
Applic. for authority to aband. a line of the Baldwin Park Branch from MP 496.76 near South El Monte, easterly to MP 501.12 near Baldwin Park, a distance of 4.36 mi., in Los Angeles County, Calif.
Length: 4.36 miles Citation:  

This line ran adjacent to Ramona Blvd. its entire length. A few rail remnants existed at least until 1984, but I don't know if anything is there today. This is a remnant of what was once PE's line to San Bernardino.

Mike Palmer
Torrance, CA
10/25/2010

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