Amoco Junction, Los Angeles

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The tower at Amoco Junction, 1904 Amoco Tower.jpg
The tower at Amoco Junction, 1904

Amoco Junction was a junction in the Pacific Electric Railway's Southern District. It was located in Nevin, South Central Los Angeles at 25th Street and Long Beach Avenue. It was named after a nearby American Olive Company (AmOCo) plant. [1] [2] [3] [4]

It was the junction where the Santa Monica Air Line split off from the Watts, Long Beach, and other Southern District Lines. [5] [6] It was one of several points at which a tower crossed the quadruple tracks between Downtown Los Angeles and Watts. [7] Although Amoco was designated as a junction, many lines did not stop here. It was served only by local railway cars and the Air Line. [8] [ full citation needed ]

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 was not revived for use as a stop or station on it. Neither did it become a station on the Expo Line that replaced the Santa Monica Air Line.

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References

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  2. "Trains At Amoco Junction, ca. 1950". Metro Library and Archive. Los Angeles Metro.
  3. "Our Neighbors". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1930. Retrieved February 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  4. Spitzzeri, Paul R. (April 27, 2020). "Take It On Faith From Point A to Point B with a Pacific Electric Railway Pamphlet With A Spiritualism Connection, April 1928". Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum . Retrieved July 26, 2022.
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  8. 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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