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Rails through the Orange Groves Vol 2 by Stephen Donaldson & William Myers w/DJ
Rails through the Orange Groves Vol 2 by Stephen E Donaldson & William A Myers
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
287 pages
Copyright 1990
CONTENTS
Volume Two
Acknowledgements 150
Introduction 151
Chapter 5: Celery, Sugar Beets and Citrus - How the rail system served agricultural Orange County 153
Chapter 6: Orange County Comes of Age - How the rail system adapted to changes in Orange County's economy 197
Chapter 7: Color Cornucopia - Rail Photography in the Orange Groves 243
Appendix A: Orange County's Amusement Park Railroads 257
Appendix B: Orange County's Railroad Stations 265
Appendix C: Chronology of Orange County'sRail History, 1875-1990 271
Appendix D: Future Transit Use of Railroad Rights of Way. .279
Bibliography 281
Index285
List of Tables
Table 5.1Annual Carloads of Celery Shipped From Smeltzer Branch Stations, 1898-1907160
Table 5.2Celery Shipments From Principal Smeltzer Branch Stations, 1905-06 161
Table 5.3Tonnages of Sugar Beets Shipped From Smeltzer Branch Stations, 1904-08163
Table 5.4Orange County Sugar Beet Factories, 1897-1914172
Table 5.5Orange County Citrus Production, 1900-1960183
Table 6. 1Locomotive Roster, Orange County Rock and Gravel Company, McPherson
Plant, Orange, California204
Table 6.2Locomotive Roster, Yaeger Rock Company, Orange, California205
Table 6.3Locomotive Roster, Naval Ammunition and Net Depot, Seal Beach; Naval
Weapons Station, Seal Beach212
Table 6.4Locomotive Roster, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro214
Volume One
Chapter 1:The Pioneer Line - Southern Pacific's Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad
Chapter 2:A Competitor - Sante Fe's Southern California Railway
Chapter 3:Shortline to the Sea - The Santa Ana & Newport Railway
Chapter 4:Mule Cars and Red Cars - The Pacific Electric Railway and its Predecessors
INTRODUCTION
When the first volume of this book went to press in 1989, Orange County was celebrating its Centennial Anniversary. This event was more than just a milestone birthday, it was a coming of age for a geographically small yet economically muscular region. Residents county-wide used the Centennial to become more aware of their rich historical heritage which encompassed more than beach-side resorts, orange groves and a mission.
The authors were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response with which the first volume of this work was met. Chapters on Orange County's industrial and agricultural heritage had been planned for the first volume, but were held back for reasons of space. This was fortunate, for the Centennial triggered an outpouring of new materials which now appear in this second volume.
As the authors noted in their introduction to the first volume of this history, the County's rail story does not conclude with a sad account of decline and abandonment, since three major railroad companies still provide an extensive freight service within Orange County, and Amtrak operates a passenger service that is second only to the Northeast Corridor in ridership. In the eighteen months since those words were written, little has changed. The Union Pacific, always a "distant third" among the county's rail carriers, has abandoned a short segment of its trackage into the heart of
downtown Anaheim, but still operates an important service to La Habra and Fullerton. The Southern Pacific has abandoned about three miles of its original 19th-Century
main line alignment in Anaheim and Santa Ana to accomodate a widening of the parallel Santa Ana Freeway, shifting its Santa Ana and Costa Mesa-bound freight trains to an increasingly crowded segment of the Santa Fe Railway.
The Santa Fe trackage in the County has been improved by the so-called LOSSAN Project. Double tracking, siding lengthening, signalling improvements, and retailing have resulted in greater capacity for this heavily used main line. This increased capacity has made possible the addition of a greatly needed ninth round trip passenger train which began operating in April of 1990. Thanks to Amtrak's "push-pull" train technology now used on all trains in this corridor, the new train may
shuttle between Los Angeles and San Juan Capistrano without requiring turning facilities. In addition, a new rail passenger station is soon to open to serve the Cities of Irvine and El Toro.
There is also a rising awareness among Orange County residents about the need to build new rail transit lines to help alleviate the County's worsening traffic problems. Although recent efforts to authorize transit taxes or bond sales have been turned down at the polls, these defeats were the result of strong public disagreement over the
emotionally-charged issues of growth, land use, and highway construction, rather than due to an inherent disapproval of rail construction. The County's Transit District owns a portion of the former Pacific Electric Santa Ana line which could be used to provide a direct connection from the county seat to Los Angeles County's rail transit system,
including direct rail access to Los Angeles International Airport. Other freight lines have been offered for sale by the railroads for transit purposes, and the Southern California Area Governments Association - a regional planning group - has identified other rail lines that should be acquired for transit purposes. The authors remain hopeful that before the turn of the century "light rail transit" (trolley cars) will return to Orange County. Who knows, they might even be painted red!
These developments indicate that railroads and rail technology continue to make important contributions to the economic and societal needs of Orange County.
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