Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold and consolidated on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway.
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad sold stock to get funds to build the new rail line, Lucky Baldwin purchased a large share of stocks, knowing the rail line would open markets for goods from his Rancho Santa Anita.
James F. Crank's Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad had a slow start.
In February 1887, twenty land owners had a meeting with the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad in Judge Fiery's office.
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad was sold and consolidated on May 20, 1887 into the California Central Railway.
In Mud Springs, the land boom resulted in the formation of the San Jose Ranch Company.
A new town near the tracks called Alosta popped, up near Azusa and Southern Glendora, developed by former Sheriff George Gard.
James F. Crank joined with William Newton Monroe and others in getting Rancho Santa Anita land from Lucky Baldwin in December 1885 to sell.
The side rail line also brought lumber to Lamanda Park and later cars to the local dealers.
[9] Jay Gould and Collis Potter Huntington worked hard to keep the Santa Fe Railway out of the San Gabriel Valley.
Santa Fe had an expensive agreement to use Southern Pacific to run trains from Colton to Los Angeles.
With the May 20, 1887 sale of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad to the California Central Railway, (a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) the two lines where connected together at Mud Springs, completing the rail line from Chicago to Los Angeles through the San Gabriel Valley.
The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994, when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia.
