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May 27, 2014, 8:09 PM
Chuckaluck
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Flyingwedge
1909 map showing route of the Venice Miniature Rail Road. Starting at the VMRR station at Lake Avenue and El Camino Real (lower right corner of map; now Venice
and Abbot Kinney), the train traveled west past Venice Park (site of Villa City) then looped around at the end of Windward Avenue and went back east along the
same route then turned north on Riviera, to Rialto, then turned right onto El Camino Real and back down to the VMRR station:
http://bjwrr.org/wp-content/uploads/...re-Railway.pdf
The same area today:
Bing
More on VMRR:
http://www.lawesterners.org/wp-conte...-FALL-1999.pdf
http://bjwrr.org/wp-content/uploads/...re-Railway.pdf
http://www.westland.net/venicehistor...venice-map.htm
http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/articles/rail.htm
(previously noted)
Nice Continuing Choo-Choo coverage! Interesting image of train crossing a Venice Canal here:
http://www.lawesterners.org/wp-conte...-FALL-1999.pdf
More on East Lake Park Senic Railway.
http://www.lincolnheightsla.com/linc...ortraitWEB.jpg
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odscene2.jpg
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odscene4.jpg
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odscene1.jpg
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