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.
| Preceding station |  Pacific Electric
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University towards Rustic Canyon
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Air Line | Pacific Electric Building Terminus
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| Adams Boulevard towards Watts
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Watts Local |
22nd Street towards Pacific Electric Building
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Our Neighbors". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1930. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 January 23, 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. OCLC 6565577.
- ^ 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.
