YJY78R passes some trash piles that litter the ROW and sidewalk near the LA Times facility below downtown Los Angeles.
Though a shell of its former self, there's still a lot of gritty industrial railroad operations in the LA area. At or near the top of the list is the YJY78R, which ran up the LA Times Lead to serv... (more)
YJY78R works the LA Times Spur south of downtown LA with a genset pair.
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)
On January 14 the Union Pacific Paramount Switcher has just crossed the Los Angeles River in Long Beach and is now following a huge storm drain as it heads up towards its namesake city of Paramoun... (more)
Between the decrease in online customers and security/safety concerns, it's becoming increasingly difficult to shoot classic industrial railroading in action. The YJY68R crew out of UP's J-Yard in... (more)
"The Torrance" shoves under the iconic Colombia Steel Viaduct in its namesake city of Torrance. The Viaduct originally carried Pacific Electric freight to Columbia Steel over the line to Torrance ... (more)
"The Torrance" slowly passes the Denker wigwag (one of two wig wags in three blocks here) as it pulls out of Crenshaw Lumber and back to Hermosillo Junction. This track was once the Moneto Branch ... (more)
