The depot appeared in a 1920 Buster Keaton short called One Week,[3] in Harold Lloyd's Safety Last!

[5][6] According to a long-time station agent, before World War II, freight cars left the Inglewood depot carrying beans, bean straw and “loads of stoves, chemicals and fertilizers.”[5] During World War II, the depot handled war matériel and enabled transportation of personnel.

[5] A 1943 Associated Press story noted that rail transport was used so extensively during the war that it was affecting the local film industry: "In spite of wartime obstacles, all studios are making train scenes whenever it is necessary to the film plot.

Once quiet spots along the main line are now seeing a train pass every 15 minutes, whether a film director likes it or not.

"[7] Post-war, the station handled household goods, missile parts, toys, furniture and “tank car products.”[5] The depot survived until the 1970s when it was irreparably damaged in an arson fire and demolished in 1972.