Re: Los Angeles Junction(LAJ)/Taken the time...
Author: Snuffy
Date: 04-27-2011 - 00:45
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Yea -- great stuff !!! I'll bet those GP - 60's
> really make some of the track creak & pop, as
> heavy as they are. I LOVE the shot of the autos
> blowing through the crossing even with the
> crossing lights flashing; typical LA where
> everyone is in a hurry !!!
> The LAJ is certainly old school railroading; so
> nice to see in this age of double stacks & unit
> trains. I bought a 1973 LAJ Directory of
> Industries list at a local swap meet last year; it
> reads like a who's - who of American industry
> before offshore outsourcing became fashionable. My
> currently under - construction model railroad
> layout is based on the LAJ, as well as the Espee &
> Santa Fe trackage that ran between Alameda Ave &
> the Los Angeles river. Lotsa industrial sidings &
> diamonds.
George, Thanks. I love seeing old RR signals in Vernon, California. I really wish someone write about history of LAJ.