Amoco Junction, Los Angeles Explained

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 Boulevard. 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. 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.^[7]

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Crise, Steve . Pacific Electric Railway . Patris . Michael A. . 2011 . . 9780738575865 . 43.
2. Web site: Trains At Amoco Junction, ca. 1950 . Metro Library and Archive . Los Angeles Metro.
3. News: Our Neighbors . 10 February 2022 . Los Angeles Times . Newspapers.com . June 1, 1930.
4. Web site: Spitzzeri . Paul R. . Take It On Faith From Point A to Point B with a Pacific Electric Railway Pamphlet With A Spiritualism Connection, April 1928 . . 26 July 2022 . 27 April 2020.
5. Book: Hilton, George W. . The Electric Interurban Railways in America . Due . John F. . . 2000 . 0-8047-4014-3 . . 412 . 1960.
6. Web site: Caltrans . February 1982 . 1981 Inventory of Pacific Electric Routes . 23 January 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 84, 108.
7. Book: 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.