Above left, BNSF is preparing to
erect another signal bridge. On the right, a crew member waits
next to his power. Below left, the east end of Hobart Yard.
Below right is a Union Pacific track which crosses the BNSF.
Below, two views from the flyover of the freight tracks below.
The channel is the Los Angeles River.
Below left, is Amtrak F59PHI number 458. The fiberglass nose is
removed. I believe this is the unit that went through the
strawberry trailer in Oxnard earlier the same week.
Below left, another Amtrak Genesis
locomotive at the fueling rack. Below right are storage tracks
for the local freight railroads. At Amtrak's 8th Street yard, the
train
was stopped where the Union Pacific and Metrolink locomotives were cut
off the train and run separately back to Metrolink's CMF. The
reasons
for this were simple; Silver Lariat was going to be on Surfliner
train
562 the next day and the BNSF and Amtrak locomotives could be returned
to their respective yards for their next missions.
Several small comical blunders
happened next. First, several personnel
were
left on the Silver Lariat car, and the power was dispatched into Union
Station. Nothing could be done about the personnel except pick
them up
later by car. The engineer asked dispatch to allow him to back
out of
Union Station to San Diego Junction and then resume forward movement to
CMF. After sitting on track 8 for about five minutes, we did back
up
and then forward to CMF.
The Union Pacific representative
aboard commented on the train across the river maintaining this was a
Roseville to Dolores manifest train. Note another Norfolk
Southern locomotive in the consist.
Below left, the light power on the West Bank of the Los Angeles River
about to pass under the MTA Gold Line. Below right, the power
returned to Metrolink CMF and Metrolink "Operation Lifesaver" caboose
in the backround, right center.
Links:
Metrolink
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
California Operation Lifesaver
National Operation Lifesaver
Richard
Elgenson RailNews Network Site
Email: Richard@TrainWeb.com
