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This article is about the former electric railway. For the Amtrak route, see Arrowhead (train). For the modern commuter rail line, see Arrow (rail service).

Arrowhead

Tracks at E Street and 3rd Street in San Bernardino, adjacent the Stewart Hotel, 1905

Overview

Status

Defunct

Owner

Pacific Electric

Locale

San Bernardino, California

Termini

San Bernardino
Arrowhead Springs

Service

Type

Interurban

System

Pacific Electric

Operator(s)

Pacific Electric

History

Opened

February 22, 1902 (1902-02-22)

Closed

August 31, 1932 (1932-08-31)

Technical

Number of tracks

1–2

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Old gauge

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Electrification

Overhead line, 600 V DC

Route map

Legend

				7.2	Arrowhead Hot Springs
				7.2	Waterman
				6.7	Reservoir
				6.6	Copia Ranch
				4.9	Stop
				4.8	Hurtt
				4.6	Bee Cut
				4.3	Severance

				4.0	Crusher
					34th Street
				3.5	Marshall Boulevard
				3.3	Arrowhead Station
				2.9	Cory Avenue
				2.8	25th Street
				2.7	24th Street
				2.7	B Street
				2.6	Mountain View & Highland Avenue
				2.5	Arrowhead Avenue
				2.4	Highland Avenue
				2.4	21st Street
				2.3	20th Street
				2.2	19th Street
				2.1	18th Street
				2.0	17th Street
				1.9	16th Street
				1.7	Magnolia
				1.6	14th Street
				1.5	13th Street
				1.4	Base Line
				1.2	11th Street
				1.1	10th Street
				1.0	9th Street
				0.8	8th Street
				0.7	7th Street
				0.6	6th Street
				0.5	Church Street
				0.5	5th Street
				0.4	4th Street
				0.3	Court Street
					Highland
				0.2	D Street
				0.1	E Street
				0	San Bernardino Colton Redlands
					San Bernardino–Riverside Upland–San Bernardino

This diagram:

The Arrowhead Line was a suburban route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran from the joint Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific San Bernardino Depot to Arrowhead Springs, by way of D Street.

History

Constructed by the San Bernardino, Arrowhead & Waterman Railway, the line was sold to the Pacific Electric in 1904. An extension to the Arrowhead Hotel began carrying cars in March 1907. Operations along the line ceased on July 7, 1924 amid power problems in Pacific Electric system; limited service was restored the following January with the rest of the line brought back to full schedule by March 25, 1925. The Arrowhead Line saw sparse passenger service beyond the local lines in San Bernardino, with many trips north of Highland Avenue operated as a shuttle service. Regular passenger operations initially ended after August 1932, though Excursion trips continued until June 1941. Local service was reestablished as far north as Mountain View and 34th as part of the D Street–Highland Avenue Local between 1937 and 1942, when the franchise expired.

Freight operations continued with diesel locomotives after 1942.

Freight

The Arrowhead Line primarily served to haul water tanks from the Arrowhead Springs Company.

References

^ Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Vol. IV. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. p. 202. ISBN 0-87004-385-4. OCLC 13456066. OL 2716499M.
Pacific Electric Railway Time Table (PDF). Pacific Electric. March 26, 1932. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via wx4's Dome of Foam.
^ "San Fernando Valley Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ 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. 63–64. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
"Service Halted To Arrowhead". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. August 17, 1932. p. 11. Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) . The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 410. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.

External links

Arrowhead Line Map (1919) — via Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.

Pacific Electric

Routes

Northern Division	Alhambra–San Gabriel Annandale Arlington–Corona Arrowhead Colton Covina East Washington El Monte–Baldwin Park Highland Lamanda Park Monrovia–Glendora Mount Lowe North Lake Pasadena Short Line Pasadena via Oak Knoll Pasadena local lines Pomona Pomona–Claremont Pomona local lines Redlands Redlands local lines Riverside–Arlington Riverside–Rialto Riverside local lines San Bernardino–Riverside San Dimas San Dimas Local Shorb Sierra Madre Sierra Vista South Pasadena Local Upland–Ontario Upland–San Antonio Heights Upland–San Bernardino
Western Division	Brush Canyon Coldwater Canyon Echo Park Avenue Edendale Local Glendale–Burbank Hollywood Lankershim–Van Nuys Laurel Canyon Owensmouth Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey San Fernando Santa Monica Air Line Santa Monica local lines Sawtelle Soldiers' Home South Hollywood–Sherman Venice Boulevard Venice–Inglewood Venice–Playa del Rey Venice Short Line Venice via Hollywood Western & Franklin Ave. Westgate
Southern Division	American Avenue Balboa Bellflower Catalina Dock Fullerton Hawthorne–El Nido Hawthorne–El Segundo Huntington Beach–La Bolsa La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda Long Beach Long Beach local lines Long Beach–San Pedro Redondo Beach via Gardena San Pedro local lines San Pedro via Dominguez San Pedro via Gardena Santa Ana Santa Ana–Huntington Beach Santa Ana–Orange Seal Beach–Huntington Beach–Newport Beach Terminal Island Torrance Watts Whittier