PHL had to back the train several
miles towards the Pier A yard to be
wyed. Once there, they stopped before a crossing. There
were many
container hauling trucks which could not see the train.
Assistant Engineer Lofton and Manager
Greg Peters walk to the head end to rejoin Engineer Geoff Maits for the
run around LAXT. PHL
number 103 in the backround.
Andrew Fox is visible checking out how
the PHL headquarters building looks from the Silver Rapids.
The next place I could photograph the
train was to be theTerminal Island side of the Badger Bridge.
Below left, a grab shot of the train heading towards the bridge.
I
barely got there in time.
Once I determined the train was
heading towards LAXT, I got into
position with the cameras.
After this, I hurried over to the northerly side of Badger
Bridge. There was a lot of rail traffic visible on the train's
path, so I figured I could get there before them. The moment I
got out of the car, the train came by at 25 mph for which I got
departure shots (bottom page 3 and top page 4) seen earlier.
After this, I went for broke with
the opportumity to photograph the train from a hilltop. After the
train got back to San Pedro, Assistant Engineer Dameon Lofton commented
that they saw me "every two minutes!" This train crew thouroughly
enjoyed their job on this particular day.
Links:
Pacific Harbor Line
Port of Long Beach
Port of Los Angeles
BNSF Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Grand Vision Foundation
Richard Elgenson RailNews Site
