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Originally Posted by HossC
Here's Bassett Station and junction on a circa 1920 PE map, right where HenryHuntington said it was.
Detail of map on www.bigmapblog.com
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Thanks for the map
Hoss!
Here's another fine looking station from the 1910s.
eBay
This time it's located in Bloomington.
Bloomington station was quite a bit east of the Bassett Station. I've circled it in blue below.
1920 Pacific Electric Map
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2012/pacif...-angeles-1920/
"In 1907, the Riverside Portland Cement Company built a large plant near the
Crestmore Quarries (South Bloomington) and to provide transportation to employees
built a standard gauge railroad to Riverside. On May 20, 1911 the line was opened to Bloomington. The original community, known as
Crestmore, was generally located
between Locust Avenue and Larch Avenue, south to Jurupa Avenue, extending to the Riverside County line. The Pacific Electric
Crestwood Line (Riverside-Rialto) provided
local service for many years."
below: The boundaries of present day unincorporated Bloomington.
google_maps
I just noticed the large rail-yard on it's eastern boundary.
here's an aerial
google_earth
Do any of you rail fans have information on this particular rail yard?
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