Lamanda Park Line

{{Infobox rail line

|name = Lamanda Park

|image = 04936-Pasadena-1903-Colorado St. Pasadena-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag crop.jpg

|caption = Pasadena Electric car running along Colorado Street, 1903

|color = {{rcr|Pacific Electric|Lamanda Park}}

|type = Streetcar

|system = Pacific Electric

|locale = Southern California

|start = Downtown Pasadena, California

|end = Lamanda Park, Pasadena, California

|stations = 3 (plus additional stops)

|routes =

|daily_ridership =

|open = {{start date|1886|11|9}}

|close = {{end date|1941|01|19}}

|owner = Colorado Street Railway (1886–1894)
Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway (1894–1902)
Pasadena Electric (1902–1911)
Southern Pacific Railroad (1911–1941)

|operator = Pacific Electric (1911–1941)

|character =

|stock = Birney 300 Class (last used)

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|gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}

|old_gauge = {{track gauge|3ft6in|allk=on}}

|electrification = {{600 V DC|conductor=overhead}}

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|map = {{PE N Lamanda Park}}

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The Lamanda Park Line, also known as the Colorado Street Line, was a local streetcar line in Pasadena, California. For most of its operational history, Pacific Electric Railway streetcars ran over the line with service ending in 1941.

History

The original {{track gauge|3ft6in|allk=on}} horsecar line was established by the Colorado Street Railway on November 9, 1886.{{cite news |title=Our Neighbors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95031685/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=November 10, 1886 |page=2}} {{free access}} Along with other Pasadena horsecar lines, it was purchased by the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in 1894 and electrified. Pasadena Electric succeeded the Pasadena and Los Angeles in 1902 and was converted to standard gauge the following year.{{cite web |title=Pasadena Local Lines |url=http://www.erha.org/pelines/penll.htm |publisher=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California |access-date=14 January 2021}} The line was extended from Hill Avenue to Lamanda Park on March 1, 1904.{{cite news |title=The Pacific Electric Railway... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114519401/ |access-date=12 December 2022 |newspaper=Press-Telegram |via=Newspapers.com |date=16 January 1903 |page=5}} {{free access}}{{cite news |title=Briefs of news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114519139/ |access-date=12 December 2022 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=1 March 1904 |page=19}} {{free access}}

File:ColoradoStreet and Oakland Pasadena CA 1890.jpg

The Pasadena Electric was absorbed into the Pacific Electric in 1911 under terms of the Great Merger. In March 1936, the tracks east of Lamanda Park Junction were abandoned. The final local car ran over the line early in the morning of January 19, 1941, but a portion of the route would continue to see Pasadena via Oak Knoll Line trains until 1950.{{cite news |title=New Bus Lines Start Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pasadena-post-new-bus-lines-start-to/136411977/ |access-date=7 December 2023 |newspaper=The Pasadena Post |via=Newspapers.com |date=January 19, 1941 |location=Pasadena, California |page=15}} {{free access}} The service was sold to Pasadena City Lines, a subsidiary of National City Lines, which ran buses over the route.

Route

The line operated on Colorado Boulevard between Daisy Avenue and the Pasadena Pacific Electric station on Fair Oaks Drive. Services throughout the line's life were through routed to other Pasadena local lines or terminated in Downtown Pasadena. Running along the route of the Tournament of Roses Parade caused annual operational issues on New Year's Day, usually resulting in rail replacement bus services.{{Veysey-PE-1958 |pages=45–46}}