Shorb Line
{{short description|California streetcar route between Pasadena and Alhambra}}
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|name = Shorb
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|type = Interurban
|system = Pacific Electric
|locale = Los Angeles County, California
|start = Pasadena
|end = Shorb
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|open = {{start date|1912|5|1}}
|close = {{end date|1924|4|16}}
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|operator = Pacific Electric
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The Shorb Line is a former Pacific Electric interurban railway line in Los Angeles County, California. Unlike most of the company's services, trains did not travel to Downtown Los Angeles and instead provided a suburban service between Pasadena and the transcontinental Southern Pacific railway at Alhambra.
History
Opened as the Dolgeville freight branch in 1904, the rails from the Alhambra–San Gabriel Line to Shorb were built to serve model building manufacturers and a felt factory. Passenger service to Shorb station began on May 1, 1912, with cars running to Pasadena's Southern Pacific depot.{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Jim |title=Pacific Electric Red Cars |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738546889 |page=25}} The route was abandoned after April 16, 1924 and was replaced with bus service.{{Veysey-PE-1958 |page=49}}{{cite web| url=http://erha.org/penasg.htm| website=Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California| title=Alhambra-San Gabriel Line|accessdate=16 September 2020}} Freight customers along the branch line kept rails in service until 1951, whereupon the tracks were transferred to Southern Pacific.
Route
The Shorb Line connected to the rest of the Pacific Electric via the Alhambra–San Gabriel Line at West Alhambra. The single track ran south via Palm Avenue.
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{{Pacific Electric Railway}}
Category:Pacific Electric routes
Category:San Gabriel, California
Category:Railway lines opened in 1912
Category:1912 establishments in California
Category:Railway services discontinued in 1924
Category:Railway lines closed in 1951
Category:1951 disestablishments in California
Category:Closed railway lines in the United States
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