Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin

by Jeff S. Asay


Contents

Acknowledgements 6
Preface 9
Dedication 9
1. The Los Angeles Terminal Railway: St. Louis Comes to the Basin 11
2. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad 57
3. Promoting The Pedro 123
4. Federal Control Gives Way to the Roaring Twenties 155
5. Trouble at the Harbor and Everywhere Else 211
6. The Great Depression 257
7. World War II and the Post-War Adjustments 317
8. Passenger Trains and Line Abandonments 377
9. This Brand New Railroad Industry 425
10. Forecast: Storms Everywhere 469
Bibliography 483
End Notes 484
Index 493