slocondr Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > It's hard to tell where this is from the
> > background. But,there are probably only two
> > highly likely candidates around this time: 1) J
> > Yard/Butte Street, or 2) 8th Street-on thee PE
> > side (LA Produce market today)?
> >
> > The PE was once a very a big freight railroad,
> > with lots of yards, at one time. And some of
> > these were gradually absorbed into the SP and
> > still being used, while others were mostly
> > abandoned by this time. Even Butte Street was
> > just the PE side over to Long Beach Avenue with
> a
> > couple of tracks to switch cuts, tie down the
> > engine, and the main tracks down to Watts
> > Junction, with almost all of the rest of what
> had
> > been Butte Street gone by this time.
> >
> > PE technically didn't have yard service
> employees,
> > they had "train crews". So while from an
> > operational standpoint most of these "yards"
> were
> > Rule 93 territory, and were used to switch
> cars,
> > in downtown LA, at places like 8th Street-the
> PE
> > side was "conductor/brakey" "road" territory,
> > where as on Alameda, o the SP side at J Yard,
> it
> > was "foreman/switchmen" "yard" territory, for
> > union crew and pay rate purposes.
>
>
> It's not 8th and Hooper. I would venture a guess
> that you have it right at Butte St, Bob.
>
>
> V
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> SLOCONDR

I, too, will cast my vote for J Yard, although I'm not 100% certain. Some of the buildings and the pavement remind me of 8th Street, but J Yard seems more likely.