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Here's a fun bit of #MovieHistory and #RailroadHistory: In the opening scene of the Our Gang short, Pigskin Palooka, Alfalfa arrives home by train. This scene was filmed at Palms Station, in #CulverCity, just a few blocks from the Hal Roach studio, on the line from downtown LA to Santa Monica.
Since this was such a convenient location, it was used in a couple of other Hal Roach productions, including #LaurelAndHardy's Berth Marks.
The station still exists, but has been moved to Heritage Square, an open-air museum in Los Angeles.
Decades later, a modern Palms station was built on the same site (more or less), for the #LAMTA's Expo light rail line.