Arlington to Corona

The Riverside Branch

Picture Point of Interest

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Facing east at Porphyry. Photo by Mike Palmer, March 2003.

This route was originally a Pacific Electric line; PE was a subsidiary of SP and was merged into SP in 1965. It ran in the median of Magnolia Avenue, a major arterial street that runs southwest from Riverside to Corona.

This line crossed different lines of the AT&SF at two locations. The AT&SF mainline (now called the "Transcon") was crossed in the median of Magnolia Avenue, near Buchanan Ave. Separately, the AT&SF The Lake Elsinore Branch was crossed at Porphyry, also in the median of Magnolia Ave.

Most traces of this line are gone; much of the Magnolia Ave. median east of Porphyry has now been landscaped, and all former grade crossings have long been repaved and reconstructed. Near Porphyry the median is still mostly dirt.

Thanks to Mike Palmer for contributing information about this route.

ICC Abandonment Filings

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: AB 12 Sub 5 Date: 12/5/1972 Section: 1(18)
Appl. filed to abandon end portion of the Riverside Branch from MP 552.40 at Arlington, to the end of the line at MP 559.51 at Corona a distance of 7.11 miles in Riverside County, Calif.
Length: 7.11 miles Citation:  

Would it be possible to add a Point of Interest marker to the above map at the point where the Riverside Branch crossed the Lake Elsinore Branch?

Kevin M. Smith
Cicero, NY
7/6/2010

[Kevin, the Picture marker shows a picture of the crossing of the Lake Elsinore Branch. Hope this helps!  —Greg Harrison]

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