YPSW24 departs the west end of Berth 200 bound for Amerigas.

After spending the afternoon sorting cars at Berth 200, the 1400 Switcher heads for Amerigas in the evening behind PHL 21.

A PHL crew sets out Borax loads for export on a quiet afternoon in the Port of Los Angeles.

A PHL Switcher shoves their train towards US Borax as they enter the Fries Avenue street running.

An afternoon switch job wyes their train as they cross the Dominguez Channel before shoving to US Borax. An MPI MP20B-3 and Progress Rail PR30C are the power.

Pacific Harbor Line MP20B-3 21, originally Boston & Maine GP38 254 (originally Maine Central 254) rebuilt by Motive Power Industries into an MP20B-3, shoves a cut of cars into the PHL’s Pier A Y... (more)

PHL 21 lies under the Vincent Thomas Bridge as a variety of investigators from various Federal and local agencies complete their work. The engine was working the daytime Yang Ming Switcher job whe... (more)

One of the more bizarre rail incidents I can recall in recent memory occurred in San Pedro yesterday when the PHL daytime Yang Ming Switcher engineer decided to intentionally ram his unit through ... (more)

Straight out of Compton. The Pacific Harbor Line Reyes Switch passes over one of the few grade crossings where the Reyes industrial trackage is visible from public property on a quiet Sunday after... (more)

The Pacific Harbor Line's "West Bank Job" shoves north along Gaffey Street on a rather unique stretch of track. This is the Pacific Electric line from Torrance and the train is now running on a po... (more)

With the palms green and flowers ablaze, its hard for an Easterner like me to get use to Christmas carols on the radio. What worse, people around here actually have the nerve to complain about it ... (more)