Arrowhead Line

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeOld gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)^[1]Electrification600 V DC Overhead lines

Route map

Legend

				7.2	Arrowhead Hot Springs
				7.2	Waterman
				6.7	Reservoir
				6.6	Copia Ranch
				4.9	Stop
				4.8	Hurtt
				4.6	Bee Cut
				4.3	Severance

				4.0	Crusher
					34th Street
				3.5	Marshall Boulevard
				3.3	Arrowhead Station
				2.9	Cory Avenue
				2.8	25th Street
				2.7	24th Street
				2.7	B Street
				2.6	Mountain View & Highland Avenue
				2.5	Arrowhead Avenue
				2.4	Highland Avenue
				2.4	21st Street
				2.3	20th Street
				2.2	19th Street
				2.1	18th Street
				2.0	17th Street
				1.9	16th Street
				1.7	Magnolia
				1.6	14th Street
				1.5	13th Street
				1.4	Base Line
				1.2	11th Street
				1.1	10th Street
				1.0	9th Street
				0.8	8th Street
				0.7	7th Street
				0.6	6th Street
				0.5	Church Street
				0.5	5th Street
				0.4	4th Street
				0.3	Court Street
					Highland
				0.2	D Street
				0.1	E Street
				0	San Bernardino Colton Redlands
					San Bernardino–Riverside Upland–San Bernardino

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The Arrowhead Line was a suburban route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran from the joint Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific San Bernardino Depot to Arrowhead Springs, by way of D Street.^[2]

History

Constructed by the San Bernardino, Arrowhead & Waterman Railway, the line was sold to the Pacific Electric in 1904.^[1] An extension to the Arrowhead Hotel began carrying cars in March 1907.^[3] 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.^[4] 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,^[5] though 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.^[4]

Freight operations continued with diesel locomotives after 1942.^[6]

Freight

The Arrowhead Line primarily served to haul water tanks from the Arrowhead Springs Company.^[3]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History Volume IV California. Caxton Printers. p. 202. ISBN 9780870043857.
^ Pacific Electric Railway Time Table (PDF). Pacific Electric. March 26, 1932. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via wx4's Dome of Foam.
^ ^a ^b "San Fernando Valley Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. pp. 63–64. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
^ "Service Halted To Arrowhead". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. August 17, 1932. p. 11. Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 410. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.

External links

Arrowhead Line Map (1919) — via Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.

Pacific Electric

Routes

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