Eastlake Park Scenic Railway

The Eastlake Park Scenic Railway was a 984 m (3,228 feet) long miniature railway in the 1:3 scale with a gauge of 18 in (457 mm), which operated from 19 May 1904 to 11 May 1905 in the Eastlake Park (now Lincoln Park) in Los Angeles in California.

The nearly one kilometer (0.62 mi) long narrow gauge railroad lead from the lake to the hills in the Eastlake Park, which is now called Lincoln Park. It started at the Lakeside Station near the main entrance of the park. From there the track crossed one of the lake's arms on a steel and concrete trestle bridge into a pampas grass plantation. After a bend the track continued on the perimeter of the park and along the railway line of the Southern Pacific Railroad across a driveway bordered with large fan palms. It winded through a small forest of sub-tropical shrubs and reached then Hillside Station. Here was the locomotive shed and a double-track area, in which the locomotive could be driven to the other end of the train before the return journey commenced. Hillside Station had also a water tower and an oil tank, as well as some sidings and a ticket booth.

The railway had five switches. The rails had a flattened T-shaped Vignoles profile and a weight of 8 lb/yd (3.97 kg/m). Including the sidings the track had an overall length of 1,045 m (3,428 feet). More than 1,700 sleepers were used. The tightest curve had a radius of 16.5 m (54 feet). The Hillside Station laid 5.4 m (17 feet 9 inches) above the Lakeside Station and the maximum grade was 7 % on a 9 m (29.53 feet) long section.

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