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In 1928 the [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway]] bought the old dummy line for freight purposes; a bit of trackage still exists on the south side of Main Street between Clubbs and A, where the line curved southwest toward Pine.
In [[1929]], the City passed an ordinance authorizing Gulf Power to discontinue service and remove trackage for the portion of the system servicing the [[Hawkshaw]] area.<ref>Ordinance No. 7, Series No. 19, City of Pensacola. [[August 5]], [[1929]].</ref> The City authorized Gulf Power Company to surrender its streetcar franchise in November [[1931]];<ref>Ordinance No. 10, Series No. 1, City of Pensacola. [[November 30]], [[1931]].</ref> and streetcar service was discontinued the following year.
At its peak, a total of 30 trolley cars carried four million passengers per year (1920).<ref>[http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/historicdotphotos/rail/pentrolley.htm MyFlorida.com]</ref> Partially covered tracks and barely concealed right-of way are clearly visible in various places along the former routes, including on West [[Gadsden Street]], West [[DeSoto Street]],<ref>[http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=30.422958,-87.220094&spn=0.01286,0.019312&z=16&layer=c&cbll=30.422841,-87.219968&panoid=DKB9xa_j9I6kFEHTAn8nmg&cbp=12,259.17608183457696,,0,14.54100241579118 Google Maps Street View]</ref> and East [[Jackson Street]].<ref>[http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=30.418702,-87.209151&spn=0.01286,0.019312&z=16&layer=c&cbll=30.422921,-87.196446&panoid=ynzkZ_-A2Lj1l73a8mwYUw&cbp=12,76.9141215041957,,0,3.1568518060403385 Google Maps Street View]</ref>