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 . Amtrak ran the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind over this line , but relocated the Desert Wind to the Fullerton Line in 1986 . The Santa Fe line served the San Gabriel Valley until 1994 , when the 1994 Northridge earthquake weakened the bridge in Arcadia . In the late 1990s construction of the Gold Line started and opened on July 26 , 2003 . Thus the old Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad right of way ( ROW ) is still in use today . In 2013 construction on the old ROW started again with the Gold Line Foothill Extension ; the site of the original 1886 Monrovia Station is under construction . The line will continue to the site of the old Azusa Station , set to open in 2015 . Santa Fe built a service line just south of the main line '' ( The Second District of the AT&SF ) '' in Pasadena , this ran along near Walnut Street from Eaton Canyon wash to Wilson Ave. This ROW has been sold off little by little . The raised grade for this line can still be seen on Sierra Madre Boulevard , just north Colorado Boulevard , near the VW dealer there . Lamanda Park had many citrus groves and vineyards , the station provided shipping for these goods . Prohibition ended the wineries . The last Citrus packer was Sierra-Madre Lamanda Park Citrus Association , they boxed oranges , lemons , limes , and grapefruit . The packing house was at the corner of Walnut Street and San Gabriel Boulevard . Service to Lamanda Park ended in the 1950s . The service line stopped at lumber yards and car dealers in Pasadena till it was abandoned in 1980
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad