O (Los Angeles Railway)

O was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway and ran until 1947.

O
Overview
Locale	Los Angeles
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Los Angeles Railway
History
Opened	1918
Closed	August 3, 1947
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead line
Route map 1926–1947 Lincoln Park Mission and Lincoln Park  10  Main and Mission Main and Griffith Main and Daly Main and Avenue 20 Main and Lamar Southern Pacific RR Los Angeles River Santa Fe RR Main and Macy  B   F  Main and Temple Main and 1st  P  Main and 2nd  9  Main and 3rd Main and 4th Main and 5th  D   U   3  Main and 6th Main and 7th  J   R   S  Main and 9th  7   8  Main and 11th  5  Main and 11th Main and 12th Main and Venice Main and Washington Main and Adams Main and Jefferson  F   5  Pacific Electric Railway Main and Broadway Place Main and Santa Barbara  7   8  Main and Vernon  V  Main and 53rd Main and Slauson opened 1931 Main and 61st Main and Florence Los Angeles Railway lines other lines

History

The O was formed from branches of existing lines. It ran on Main Street and 8th Street then to 1st and Virgil Avenue. Service began in 1918. Two years later, the line was assigned the letter designation O, and was largely cut back to only run on Main Street with the northern end also running on Sunset Boulevard, North Spring Street, and Ord Street.

The line was extended north in 1924, leaving the old route at Spring and Ord and reaching Cypress to Verdugo Road, where a joint station with the Glendale and Montrose Railway was located. This service lasted four months before the terminus was reverted to Spring and Ord.

The line was extended north again on July 4, 1926 via Main Street and Mission Road to Selig Place, adjacent to Lincoln Park.[1] An additional extension south to Florence was built during the Great Depression in 1931. This routing remained until the line was discontinued on August 3, 1947.

Sources

1. H.P. Noordwal (1938). "Route Map Los Angeles Railway Electric Car and Bus Routes" (Map). Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Los Angeles Railway. "Alternate link" (Map). via Google.

• "Los Angeles Railway". Electric Rail Heritage Association.
• "'O'". Electric Rail Heritage Association. Retrieved 22 January 2021.