Wednesday, September 26, 2012

BNSF La Mirada Yard

R-CAL0162- 5th La Mirada - Sun-Thu
(On duty 2000 Sun-Wed. On duty in the early AM on Thu. Switches south Orange County industries and Olive Sub industries. Is responsible for the Metrolink Orange Sub south of the 91 Freeway, which includes a juice plant and chemical companies. On Wednesday nights, head all the way to Irvine, after the last Metrolink, and then parks the power down there if they run out of hours before heading back. The train is dog-catched by an extra Ma Mirada crew on Thursday mornings, returning the power to La Mirada.)

Extra La Mirada - Sunday
There is usually an extra job called on Sunday mornings. Their primary role is to switch out the weekend BARLAC set-outs that congregate down at the east end storage yard section of the yard, aka "the Hill."