Southern California Locals Book

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... I'd have a ball looking at what a guy like Reinhard could come up with making those sorts of explanations for what he's showing on his layout!...

That book is very helpful to understand the systematic how the locals are arranged in jobs.
The prototype oriented west cost forum ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/index.php">http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/index.php</a><!-- m --> ) deals a lot with the locals in the LA basin but most posters assumes you are either from that area or you have the information from the book at hand.

The book is updated in a blog http://socallocalfreight.blogspot.de/
ps. wonder why it is a German domain (.de)?