The Arrowhead Line was a suburban route of the
Pacific Electric Railway
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system ...
. It ran from the joint Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific San Bernardino Depot to
Arrowhead Springs
Arrowhead Springs is a highly mountainous neighborhood in the municipality of San Bernardino, California, officially annexed to the city on November 19, 2009. The neighborhood lies below the Arrowhead geological monument, which is California Hist ...
, by way of D Street.
History
Constructed by the
San Bernardino, Arrowhead & Waterman Railway, the line was sold to the Pacific Electric in 1904.
An extension to the Arrowhead Hotel began carrying cars in March 1907.
Operations along the line ceased on July 7, 1924 amid power problems in Pacific Electric system; limited service was restored the following January with the rest of the line brought back to full schedule by March 25, 1925.
The Arrowhead Line saw sparse passenger service beyond the local lines in San Bernardino, with many trips north of Highland Avenue operated as a shuttle service. Regular passenger operations initially ended after August 1932,
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Excursion trips continued until June 1941. Local service was reestablished as far north as Mountain View and 34th as part of the D Street–Highland Avenue Local between 1937 and 1942, when the franchise expired.
Freight operations continued with
diesel locomotives after 1942.
Freight
The Arrowhead Line primarily served to haul
water tanks
A water tank is a container for storing water.
Water tanks are used to provide storage of water for use in many applications, drinking water, irrigation agriculture, fire suppression, agricultural farming, both for plants and livestock, chemic ...
from the
Arrowhead Springs Company.
References
External links
Arrowhead Line Map (1919)— via Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Pacific Electric routes
Light rail in California
Transportation in San Bernardino County, California
1902 establishments in California
Railway lines opened in 1902
Railway services discontinued in 1932
1942 disestablishments in California
San Bernardino Mountains
Closed railway lines in the United States
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