Brush Canyon Line

The Brush Canyon Line was a short-lived Pacific Electric interurban branch line in Los Angeles.

Brush Canyon
Overview
Owner	Pacific Electric
Locale	Los Angeles
Termini	Franklin Avenue & Bronson Avenue Bronson Canyon
Stations	2
Service
Type	Interurban
System	Pacific Electric
Operator(s)	Pacific Electric
History
Opened	1908
Closed	August 6, 1918
Technical
Line length	1.56 mi (2.51 km)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC Overhead lines
Route map Brush Canyon Western and Franklin Avenue Line Franklin & Bronson

Route

The line branched from the Western & Franklin Ave. Line at Franklin & Bronson Avenue to travel north on Bronson to a rock quarry. Roughly an additional mile of track extended into the quarry site.[1]

History

The line was built by the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad in 1908 as a single-track narrow gauge branch — it was converted to standard gauge later the same year. Service was abandoned on August 6, 1918.[1][2]

While passenger service was provided, this branch line was primarily used for freight to carry rocks used to pave Sunset Boulevard, Highland Avenue, Adams Boulevard, West 6th Street, and Wilshire Boulevard in addition to track ballast for most Western District lines.[1]

See also

• Streetcar suburb
• History of rail transportation in California
• Los Angeles Motordrome

References

1. "Western and Franklin Avenue Line". Electric Railway Historical Association. Electric Railway Historical Association. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
2. Walker, Jim (January 1, 1976). Lines of Pacific Electric: Southern & Western Districts (Special 60) (Second Printing ed.). Glendale, California: Interurban Press. p. 26.

External links

• Electric Railway Heritage Association