Amoco Junction, Los Angeles

The tower at Amoco Junction, 1904

Amoco Junction was a junction on the Pacific Electric Railway's Southern District. It was located in Nevin, South Central Los Angeles at 25th Street and Long Beach Boulevard. It was named after a nearby (AmOCo) plant.^[1]^[2] It was the junction where the Santa Monica Air Line split off from the Watts, Long Beach and other Southern District Lines.^[3]^[4] It was one of several points at which a tower crossed the quadruple tracks between Downtown Los Angeles and Watts.^[5] Despite being a junction, many lines did not stop at Amoco, which was only served by local lines.^[6] Service was provided to Amoco Junction between 1904 and 1958. Though it is located along the route of the Los Angeles Metro A Line, it is not a stop or station on it, nor did it become a station on the Expo Line that replaced the Santa Monica Air Line.

Preceding station	Pacific Electric			Following station
University towards		Air Line		Pacific Electric Building Terminus
towards Watts		Watts Local		towards Pacific Electric Building

References[]

^ Crise, Steve; Patris, Michael A. (2011). Pacific Electric Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9780738575865.
^ "Trains At Amoco Junction, ca. 1950". Metro Library and Archive. Los Angeles Metro.
^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 412. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
^ Caltrans (February 1982). "1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. pp. 84, 108. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ 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. 79, 80, 133. ASIN B0007F8D84.
^ Pacific Electric Railway Guide: Names and locations of stops, cross streets and important points of interest on or Adjacent to Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. Orange Empire Railway Museum.

Coordinates: 34°00′52″N 118°14′35″W / 34.014373°N 118.243152°W / 34.014373; -118.243152

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[1] Crise, Steve; Patris, Michael A. (2011). Pacific Electric Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9780738575865.

[2] "Trains At Amoco Junction, ca. 1950". Metro Library and Archive. Los Angeles Metro.

[Hilton-3] Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 412. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.

[4] Caltrans (February 1982). "1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. pp. 84, 108. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[5] 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. 79, 80, 133. ASIN B0007F8D84.

[6] Pacific Electric Railway Guide: Names and locations of stops, cross streets and important points of interest on or Adjacent to Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. Orange Empire Railway Museum.

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