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)