Redondo Junction, California

Coordinates: 34°1′13″N 118°13′29″W / 34.02028°N 118.22472°W

Locomotive No. 66 at Los Angeles Union Station.

'Redondo Junction, California" is the site of the current Amtrak maintenance facility. It is located 3.5 miles south of the Union Station (Los Angeles) passenger Terminal, Southwest of Boyle Heights near Washington Boulevard and the Los Angeles River.

Redondo Junction services Amtrak's long distance trains: Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, Desert Wind and Sunset Limited. Also the regional train the Pacific Surfliner.

History

California Central Railway - Santa Fe 1888 rail map

The California Central Railway built and ran a line from Port Ballona (what is now Playa del Rey, Los Angeles) to Redondo Junction the line opened Sept. 1887. The line ran 13 miles. Redondo Junction became a major maintenance facility for trains.[3] California Central Railway also ran a line from Redondo Junction to Los Angeles-La Grande Station. The Redondo Beach Railway also connected to Redondo Junction. The Redondo Beach Railway was incorporated in April 1888, Henry E. Huntington controlled and owned much of the Redondo Beach Railway. Redondo Beach Railway line started operation Sept. 1, 1888. California Central Railway operated, but did not own, the 11 miles of the Redondo Beach Railway. This line ran from Redondo Beach to Inglewood, California. In 1890, the Hotel Redondo opened, the rail line help make Redondo "The Place" for tourists. First train on April 16, 1888, from Inglewood the line continued to downtown LA on California Central Railway tracks through the Redondo Junction. California Central Railway completed a line started by the San Bernardino and San Diego Railway the line ran from Redondo Junction to Orange and continued to Anaheim, San Juan Capistrano and then to Oceanside then to San Diego. The Pacific Surfliner still runs on this line from San Diego to Santa Ana.

1890, An AT&SF passenger train in operation,~ 1895.
The Super Chief in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1943.

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