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[KevinKorell]

We are going to San Pedro, a part of Los Angeles that serves as its port neighborhood. It's properly pronouned "San Peedro" rather than "San Paydro". Besides being a fishing village, San Pedro also serves as the Cruise Port for the City of Los Angeles.

Although we have a 20-26 minute bus ride each way to/from Long Beach, the reason for our visit is the Waterfront Red Car Line. It is a heritage trolley line not much unlike the TECO Line Streetcar we rode in Tampa last year (which also serves that city's cruise port). The line has just 4 station stops, and it runs on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only.

The northernmost station, Cruise Center, is self explanatory. It sees the most use when a cruise ship is in port. In fact, the Waterfront Red Car Line extends service beyond its normal weekend days of operation when a cruise ship is visiting on weekdays. The next station south is the downtown station, adjacent to the end of 6th Street. Next station is Ports of Call, an entertainment/restaurant/tourist area. Finally, the southernmost station is Marina/22nd Street. At this station a shuttle bus shaped like a trolley takes visitors further south towards Cabrillo Beach.

Fare for the Red Car Line, as well as the just mentioned shuttle bus, is $1 for the day. Fare is payable at first boarding, at which time a ticket is issued that can be shown to the conductor or bus driver the rest of the day.

Here is the latest brochure for the Waterfront Red Car Line (.pdf format): http://www.railwaypr..... brochure.pdf

Railway Preservation's page: http://www.railwaypr....com/page8.html

Port of Los Angeles official page: http://www.portoflos...erfront_rcl.asp

Some miscellaneous YouTube videos of the line: