Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Los Angeles Junction Railway

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Reporting mark
  
LAJ

Website
  
www.lajrailway.com

Founded
  
1922

Parent organization
  
BNSF Railway

Dates of operation
  
May 26, 1923–present

Headquarters
  
Vernon

Locale
  
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Junction Railway modelrailroadhobbyistcomsitesmodelrailroadh

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Los angeles junction railway in vernon ca 3 31 16


The Los Angeles Junction Railway (reporting mark LAJ) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and provides rail switching service on 64 miles of track in Los Angeles County, California.

Contents

Its tracks are in the small industrial city of Vernon and adjacent industrial areas, southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

Los angeles junction railway in vernon ca


History

The LAJ was planned in the early 1920s as the switching railroad for the Central Manufacturing District in the cities of Vernon, Maywood, Bell and Commerce

Today, the LAJ Railway is a neutral switching railroad and receives interchange from two Class I Railroads, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.

References

Los Angeles Junction Railway Wikipedia