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Good morning, Mentone Matters!

On old topographical maps, it shows that the former Southern Pacific Railroad branch line (that went through Crafton and ended at Greenspot) passed right by Lockheed’s Grand Central Rocket Company property.

I was wondering, please, if this now-abandoned Southern Pacific line actually served Grand Central Rocket Co. back when the facility was new in the 1950s — or was the Southern Pacific track already abandoned in this particular area by that period?

On a separate subject, are there any good photographs of Mentone’s Universal-Sanitary, later called Universal-Rundle during its heyday in the ’50s-’60s?

Thank you very much,
Isobel D.

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