The 6AM 6AM Pier A Yard Switcher shoves back at the Wilmington Road junction, onto the the Gaffey Street Lead. This was once the junction between the Pacific Electric's San Pedro Via Torrance and ... (more)

A long way from home, PHL 81 tests on BNSF in Texas.

Wilmington Yard is the hub of activity on the PHL. Seems like about every 20 mins there was a train coming or going.

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)

A long transfer drag from ICTF (Union Pacific's Intermodal Container Transfer Facility) to Long Beach is handled by a single Motive Power Industires MP20C-3 as it eases over Alameda Blvd and the n... (more)

PHL "dock" job handling loaded auto racks at 9th Street in the port of Long Beach

PHL 34 shoves a cut of US Borax covered hoppers down the lead to their storage and transload facility in the Port of Los Angeles.

At least ten members of Pacific Harbor Line's all-environmentally-friendly fleet await the call to duty on a humid spring morning. With a classy paint scheme like this, you can tell that someone i... (more)

With the active fleet now entirely comprised of new NRE and MPI-built Genset locomotives, PHL NRE 3GS21B #30 rests in the Wilmington, CA locomotive facility on a quiet Saturday morning. Other loco... (more)

A wheelset that was recently reground to remove flat spots awaits its call to duty at the Pacific Harbor Line yard in Wilmington, CA, on April 4, 2009. Once in service, the fine grooves will be p... (more)

Pacific Harbor Line 62, an MPI MP20C-3, backs down Fries street on its way to Pasha to switch the Borax covered hoppers there. The PHL is the first railroad in America to roster 100% low-emission... (more)

A herd of zebras! Pacific Harbor Line's Pier A Yard includes their enginehouse. PHL is the first railroad in America with an all-"green" roster. Seen here, from left to right, are low-emis... (more)

Pacific Harbor Line 3GS21B 30 is just one of the low emission locomotives on the first railroad in America to roster nothing but environmentally friendly motive power.

Rebuilt from Maine Central GP38 259, Brookville Equipment Corporation 259 is a BL20CG, seen here demonstrating on the Pacific Harbor Line in southern California on April 4, 2009.

Brookville Equipment Corporation BL20CG 259 (rebuilt from MEC GP38 259) is seen here demonstrating on the Pacific Harbor Line in southern California on April 4, 2009. This is the second day of a ... (more)