Opening day of the Pacific Electric train service to San Fernando, 1912 6. What was the connection between the arrival of railroads in San Fernando and the communitys founding, growth and development?
San Fernando became a community as a result of the juxtaposition of Southern California’s land boom during the 1870s and the Southern Pacific Railroad’s construction of a rail line, during that same decade, between Los Angeles and Bakersfield through Fremont Pass. The rail line’s construction began at either end and was to be connected with a nearly 7,000-foot tunnel near the pass. When the southern piece of the line was completedwith Southern Pacific rail service between Los Angeles and San Fernando starting on January 21, 1874San Fernando became the rail line’s northern endpoint until the tunnel was completed. Meanwhile, inspired by the prospect of train travel through the area and land-hungry property owners, Northern California investors bought land from the now-defunct San Fernando Mission and in 1874 began subdividing the property next to the railroad’s path into streets and plots. First day of Pacific Electric train service to San Fernando, 1912 The 1876 completion of the line
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