732 at Shamrock Avenue in Monrovia
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Pacific Electric car no. 732 rolls westbound to Los Angeles near Shamrock Avenue in Monrovia in this image dated September 10, 1951.
Alan Weeks Photo
Alan Weeks Collection
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I know of this area quite well, as I attended the school to the right of the photo. The fence shown was replaced with a chain link fence in 1952/53.
Car #732 is on the switch track, which was a spring switch. Eastbound cars, continuing on to Duarte, Azusa and Glendora didn’t have to stop to throw the switch; and westbound cars automatically switched from a single to double track at Shamrock. This was, also, the end of the line for Monrovia (only) cars.
After passenger service was discontinued on this line, freight service continued to after 1954.
Freight service continued until 1960 or 61 to Monrovia Station, which lasted until about 1967, when it was dismantled, with the framing timbers last seen being loaded onto trucks with Baja California license plates.