The Interchange Switcher takes a transfer run from BNSF's Watson Yard to Berth 200 as they head down the street trackage on McFarland.
All ready to go south, the 1AM Interchange Switcher waits for YPUP01 to clear up on the Wilmington Lead before departing Watson with a transfer run back to Berth 200. Note the GM&O RBO car on the ... (more)
Pacific Harbor Line's 0100 Switcher works the south end of BNSF's Watson Yard in the early morning.
One of PHL's somewhat unique MP20C-3s shoves a string of hoppers (hidden by the telephoto lens and angle) down the Pier S Lead towards Badger Bridge. Behind it are the two bridges from Terminal Is... (more)
A PHL switcher job comes to a stop near the run-around track at the end of the Pier S Lead, where it will run around itself, heading back up the line to pick up some hoppers it is bringing back to... (more)
It is only 3:54 pm (15:54), but the sun is already low in the sky, and will set in another hour. Still, it is all good, as Pacific Harbor Line local YPSW14-27 rarely switches the Weyerhaeuser Lum... (more)
It is only 3:52 pm (15:52), but the sun is already low in the sky, and will set in another hour. Still, it is all good, as Pacific Harbor Line local YPSW14-27 rarely switches the Weyerhaeuser Lum... (more)
The 2300 UP Dock Job makes one final switch move out of Yang Ming before tying up for the day.
YPUP05 takes some cars from UP IG4LB through Wilmington bound for the West Basin of the Port of Los Angeles.
The 0500 UP Dock Job brings a stack train by the Wilmington Wye enroute from ICTF to the West Basin.
YPBN15 passes cars off an UP GREJLJ unit corn syrup train west of Berth 200 Yard while enroute to Yang Ming with some export stacks.
The 1100 UP Dock Job shoves through Long Beach Jct. enroute to ICTF.
The 5AM UP Dock Job shoves down to Yang Ming with a cut of outbound containers for export.
The industrial nature of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is well disguised at the marina where a port-bound Pacific Harbor Line train passes through a gaggle of pleasure boats.