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IHB Genset 2142 leads the 720 job west through Franklin Park.
A pair of gensets work the ex-Pacific Electric line in San Pedro.
The El Segundo Switcher begins their day of work at 4th Street Yard as Amtrak 763 nears Union Station across the LA River. Surprisingly, 2734 has not met the same fate as most of its sister units ... (more)
UP's Torrance Switcher makes a rare evening appearance on the street trackage in Gardena with a couple tagged up gensets leading a GP38-2.
The El Segundo ties up its power on the Myers Street Team Track. Note that the GP38-2 in the back of the consist has not been tagged. As of my posting this, five days later, it's still not tagged.... (more)
The El Segundo Local returns to downtown LA running up the east bank of the river. Carrying loaded cars indicates they must have stopped at J-Yard for some transfers on their way back.
A busy day at Blue Island Yard as a crew prepares to do some switching, two CSX trains are readied to to head east with thier trains.
I was surprised to stumble onto this locomotive "storage" line on the west side of North Yard. The line consisted of NRE gensets and GEs (at the far end). No. 1231, the genset closest to... (more)
Genset Fail, a toasty ending from 2015 for BNSF 3GS21B 1280 seen at North Yard in Saginaw, Texas.
The Torrance Local heads out of town with a relatively long train for the trip back to downtown Los Angeles.
What the Antonym of “Urbane”?There is a lot to see here … All of it ugly. UP 3GS21B Y2750’s less-than-stylish design is not helped by the paint scheme “improvements” th... (more)
The El Segundo switcher crosses the BNSF Harbor Sub at grade as it arrives at El Segundo with a train for Chevron.
The Torrance Local departs its namesake city with a trio of beat up gensets.
The Torrance Local passes over the street running in downtown Gardena. Although much of the power is cut off, this train had an unusual seven units. Maybe the 'extra' paint required additional pow... (more)