Image reproduced for articles published on Oct. 29, 1955 and June 23, 1961. Pacific Electric's new El Segundo line, which began operations in August 1914. This line offered passenger service until 1930. A man is walking along the railroad track as another leans against a rail car. Caption reads: "El Segundo, just a barley field before oil transformed it into a busy little city, is shown in 1914 with Pacific Electric station. El Segundo was founded in 1911. Later it became the fastest growing town in California. El Segundo's greatest growth took place in the 1940-1950 decade." The city of El Segundo was actually incorporated in 1917. The area was originally part of Rancho Sausal Redondo (Ranch of the Round Clump of Willows). It was named El Segundo because it was to be Standard Oil's second oil refinery in California.
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