West Colton Swtichers
YWC54 Lowe’s Local/Rialto Local
Mon-Fri
(On duty 1600. On Mon and Thu heads to Beaumont with road power to the Lowe’s Flatbed Distribution Facility. Has centerbeams and covered hoppers. Returns to West Colton on Tue and Fri. On Wed it runs with yard power, up the Mojave Sub to Bench, and then down the Rialto Sub, to Orange County Lumber, the last customer on the Rialto Sub. Normally brings in 2-5 cars consisting of a mix of centerbeams and lumber boxcars. Back to WC about 2100. Drops train at CP Sierra.)
YWC66 Roustabout Wed and Sat only
(On duty 1030. works as conventional job with an engineer on Wed and Sat to spot and pull CalPortland Cement at Slover Mountain. This job is reported to deliver and pick up cars at the GATX facility at Pepper. Finishes around 1300 to 1400.)
YWC66R Trim Job Sun-Tue, Thu, Fri
(On duty 1030. Pulls trains eastward out of the bowl to the departure tracks. Generally has SD40-2s.)
YWC80 Old Colton Local
Daily
(On duty 0000. Called at Colton although picks up power at West Colton and then runs train to Old Colton. Among its customers is Pacific Rail Industries, who receive aggregates for transloading in an area of Old Colton Yard. Leaves power at the 500 pocket near Riverside Avenue in front of the Trim Tower for YWC86. Seems to finish up around 0400.)
YWC86 Riverside Local Mon-Fri
(On duty 0900. On MWF it switches ConAgra at Ice Deck. On TuTh and sometimes Wed shoves down the Riverside Industrial Lead, street running about 1000 past the 9th Street wigwag. Heads to Cascade Lumber in the old Griffin Wheel complex, and Lehigh Cement and Sigma Stretch Film on either side of Atlanta Avenue by the Moreno Valley Freeway. Finishes between 1300 and 1600. Drops train at CP Sierra. Leaves power at Riverside Avenue for YWC80.)
Monday, June 18, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Arlington
LOB38R Arlington Local Tue, Wed, Thu
(On duty 0530 TuWe and 0849 on Thu. Starts at Arlington Yard, using LOB40 power. Works the yard as needed. Runs down the Rohr Spur on Thu, and sometimes Tue, serving customers on the twisting run alongside Riverside Airport. Otherwise, switches Crest Steel.)
LOB40 CalPro Hauler Mon-Fri
(On duty 1900. Crew vans over to Arlington Yard. Takes the empty train from Arlington back to Mira Loma to set out empties for the LOB45. Then switches out the International Paper cars. Switches out all Arlington cars and Crest Steel cars. After leaving Mira Loma and arriving at MP51 spot and pull Crest Steel. Head back to Arlington. Believe this job also delivers bad order cars to CalPro/TTX. In ML.)
LOB38R Arlington Local Tue, Wed, Thu
(On duty 0530 TuWe and 0849 on Thu. Starts at Arlington Yard, using LOB40 power. Works the yard as needed. Runs down the Rohr Spur on Thu, and sometimes Tue, serving customers on the twisting run alongside Riverside Airport. Otherwise, switches Crest Steel.)
LOB40 CalPro Hauler Mon-Fri
(On duty 1900. Crew vans over to Arlington Yard. Takes the empty train from Arlington back to Mira Loma to set out empties for the LOB45. Then switches out the International Paper cars. Switches out all Arlington cars and Crest Steel cars. After leaving Mira Loma and arriving at MP51 spot and pull Crest Steel. Head back to Arlington. Believe this job also delivers bad order cars to CalPro/TTX. In ML.)
Friday, June 8, 2012
June 2012 Updates
West Colton
YWC80 Old Colton Local Daily (On duty 0000. Called at Colton although appears to pick up power at West Colton and then runs train to Old Colton. Can leave power at Old Colton but lately has been taking it back to Riverside Avenue for YWC86. Seems to finish up around 0400.)
YWC86 Riverside Local (railfan nickname “Riverside Rocket“) Mon-Fri (On duty 0900. On MWF it switches ConAgra at Hunts Lane. On TuTh and sometimes Wed it shoves down the Riverside Industrial Lead, street running about 1000 past the 9th Street wigwag. Shoves to Cascade Lumber in the old Griffin Wheel complex, and Lehigh Cement and Sigma Stretch Film on either side of Atlanta Avenue by the Moreno Valley Freeway. Can sub for the Cheeseburger Local to Champion Lumber on the BNSF at Highgrove. Finishes between 1300 and 1600. Leaves power at Riverside Avenue for YWC80.)
LATC
YLZ71R Aurant Switch/Alhambra Switch Mon-Fri (On duty 1500, has been seen at Boca Avenue at 1600. Works LATC. Also works D&S Ingredient Transfer at Aurant and pulls or stores intermodal equipment in Aurant. Some days, goes down the long Mojave Granite spur that parallels Alhambra Branch in Lincoln Park to Polychemie, water treatment chemicals. Other days, picks up Polychemie cars at Soto, which were shoved up by their rail tractor.)
Rail Tractors
Polychemie – Los Angeles unknown (Have a rail tractor that they use in their East LA facility on the end of the Mojave Granite Spur near Alhambra. Pushes tank cars from Miler Ave to under the Soto Street Bridge in the morning. UP YZ71R then picks up cars. The author has NO visual confirmation of this machine)
CalPro/TTX – Mira Loma unknown (Have a Trackmobile looking device that they use to move cars around the CalPro facility that still receives bad order cars.)
Trains Listed That No Longer Run or Were Extras Incorrectly Included
MECYU
RVVDO
Eliminated Jobs
YLA15
YLA55R
LOG9R
LOB31 (duties taken over by LOB40 and YWC86)
West Colton
YWC80 Old Colton Local Daily (On duty 0000. Called at Colton although appears to pick up power at West Colton and then runs train to Old Colton. Can leave power at Old Colton but lately has been taking it back to Riverside Avenue for YWC86. Seems to finish up around 0400.)
YWC86 Riverside Local (railfan nickname “Riverside Rocket“) Mon-Fri (On duty 0900. On MWF it switches ConAgra at Hunts Lane. On TuTh and sometimes Wed it shoves down the Riverside Industrial Lead, street running about 1000 past the 9th Street wigwag. Shoves to Cascade Lumber in the old Griffin Wheel complex, and Lehigh Cement and Sigma Stretch Film on either side of Atlanta Avenue by the Moreno Valley Freeway. Can sub for the Cheeseburger Local to Champion Lumber on the BNSF at Highgrove. Finishes between 1300 and 1600. Leaves power at Riverside Avenue for YWC80.)
LATC
YLZ71R Aurant Switch/Alhambra Switch Mon-Fri (On duty 1500, has been seen at Boca Avenue at 1600. Works LATC. Also works D&S Ingredient Transfer at Aurant and pulls or stores intermodal equipment in Aurant. Some days, goes down the long Mojave Granite spur that parallels Alhambra Branch in Lincoln Park to Polychemie, water treatment chemicals. Other days, picks up Polychemie cars at Soto, which were shoved up by their rail tractor.)
Rail Tractors
Polychemie – Los Angeles unknown (Have a rail tractor that they use in their East LA facility on the end of the Mojave Granite Spur near Alhambra. Pushes tank cars from Miler Ave to under the Soto Street Bridge in the morning. UP YZ71R then picks up cars. The author has NO visual confirmation of this machine)
CalPro/TTX – Mira Loma unknown (Have a Trackmobile looking device that they use to move cars around the CalPro facility that still receives bad order cars.)
Trains Listed That No Longer Run or Were Extras Incorrectly Included
MECYU
RVVDO
Eliminated Jobs
YLA15
YLA55R
LOG9R
LOB31 (duties taken over by LOB40 and YWC86)
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