The 4th of July edition of the night Yang Ming Switcher pinch hits in local duty as they work Borax.
With only 2000hp on their single unit, the 1400 UP Dock Job is notched out as they pull 122 loaded platforms down the Long Beach Sub and towards the Wilmington Wye.
The 0500 UP Dock Job crew begins their morning by shoving a UP train they picked up at ICTF and bringing it to Yang Ming on the West Basin Lead.
YPUP11 shoves a train of containers from the Hanjin facility on Terminal Island to UP's ICTF Support Yard. Once there, they will be reblocked and placed on various outbound trains. This part of th... (more)
YPUP11 doubles over at Badger Bridge. They have just pulled a portion of a train from Evergreen's TICTF terminal to Maersk's Pier 400 terminal, where the cars will be coupled together to make up a... (more)
Pacific Harbor Line's 0800 UP Dock Job, YPUP08, rounds an S-curve on the West Basin Lead in Wilmington. PHL 69, an MP20C-3, was build originally as a Canadian National SD40. It's hauling a long tr... (more)
A yard job works the west end of Berth 200 Yard with a few seconds of daylight remaining.
YPSW14 takes a train of UP interchange traffic to Berth 200 Yard as they approach Anaheim St.
The daytime Everport Switcher got an extra assignment after their regular duties at TICTF, and did a switch of the lumber facility at Weyerhaeuser. They're seen heading alongside the old Gerald De... (more)
The read of the 1600 Switcher rounds the curve at Marina with a train bound for Terminal Island.
The 0600 UP Dock Job shoves to ICTF with a train from Terminal Island towards the end of their shift.
YPBN15 takes a short train from TraPac to TTI as they head onto the Alameda Corridor for a trip across Badger Bridge in the late afternoon.
Although the railroad location seems to still be listed as Tosco (at least in the last ETT I have) this local is actually shoving into Philips 66 Refinery as it ducks under the 110-Freeway in Los ... (more)
YPUP02 heads down the Wilmington Lead on their way back to Berth 200 after dropping off a train at ICTF.
The 2300 UP Dock Job makes one final switch move out of Yang Ming before tying up for the day.