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All of the former ATSF trackage was ripped up west of where the old bridge across the east-bound I-210 freeway lanes to the median was torn out in Arcadia. This was done at the behest of the "city leaders" of Pasadena back in the mid 1990's, in order to preclude the possibillity of a much cheaper "Metrolink" service utilizing the ROW rather than the much more expensive to build "Gold Line" LRT. That is also why the old ATSF Pasadena Sub bridge crossing the L.A. River was ripped out and replaced with the much lighter weight capacity "Gold Line" bridge along the different alignment almost a decade prior to the funding of the rest of the LRT line. <br /> At the time, funding for the full LRT line was shelved for budgetary reasons and many rail advocacy groups were proposing a "Metrolink" alternative, so the City of Pasadena lent the L.A. M.T.A. the money to rip out the old ATSF bridges and build the new light-weight L.A. River bridge, with the attitude of "Modern Electric Light Rail or No Rail Whatsoever through Pasadena".
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