11-04-2010, 10:59 AM
Reinhard, Vernon, Ca is about 10 miles from the nearest water. The Google map you linked to is showing San Pedro or Wilmington on the left of the channel and Terminal Island on the right side. The short line serving that area is another of my favorites, the Pacific Harbor Line. Their older equipment was painted in various classic railroad paint schemes. They had two Sd23 or 24 (I don't remember for sure) in the old Santa Fe zebra stripe scheme. They had a low nose Gp9 in S.P. black widow scheme, and an exSP Sd40-2t still in SP bloody nose. A few years ago they received a combined grant from the EPA, the State of California, and the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to upgrade their locomotive fleet to low emission diesel and gen sets. All of the new equipment is painted in zebra stripe. You can see more pictures of the Pacific Harbor Line or PHL at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.socalrailfan.com">http://www.socalrailfan.com</a><!-- m -->
By the way, the LAJ is entirely contained within the City of Commerce and Vernon, with a little bit in Cudahy and I think a corner of Lynwood or Bell. The interchange to the outside world consists of a single track connecting the A & B yards to the U.P. Washington Street yard and the BNSF Hobart Yard across Washington Blvd from the UP Yard.
By the way, the LAJ is entirely contained within the City of Commerce and Vernon, with a little bit in Cudahy and I think a corner of Lynwood or Bell. The interchange to the outside world consists of a single track connecting the A & B yards to the U.P. Washington Street yard and the BNSF Hobart Yard across Washington Blvd from the UP Yard.