These days, Angelenos are getting used to seeing light rail stops around town but this one was a double-whammy. It was known as the Culver City-Palms station, serving both the Pacific Electric Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Railroad. At 9013 Venice Blvd, it was half a mile from M.G.M. studios so I’m guessing more than a few studio workers got off here each day. This photo is circa 1940. The land is now a huge parking lot for a mini mall but running alongside it is the Expo light rail line.

Bill D says: “If I recall correctly, this was a part of what was called the Santa Monica Air Line. The line served for many years for interurban freight (and may still do so). In my early teens I would ride my bicycle from Beverly Blvd. and Robertson Blvd. to Venice Blvd. near this depot. That was in the late ’40s – I don’t recognize the place today. The “new” Metrolink runs nearby.”