03-24-2014, 10:40 AM
Here's part of a map from the late 1940s of what I think is the most interesting part of the LAJ:
Note that the upper area shows an interchange with UP, SP, and Santa Fe. I don't know exactly how transfers worked at that time, but even now, trains with power from both UP and BNSF run into A Yard from this area. But note that the UP San Pedro Sub crosses the LAJ right here, and the Santa Fe/BNSF Harbor Sub and Malabar Yard are a few blocks away. Depending on era, you get the ability to run BNSF and UP transfers into a version of A Yard (adding SP and Santa Fe for earlier eras). You also get the ability to treat an industrial area as something served by ATSF/BNSF and UP as well as LAJ. The dotted line in the upper left is still joint track with UP. The trackage going east-west along Vernon Ave to get there has parallel UP-LAJ trackage through an alley.
Note that the upper area shows an interchange with UP, SP, and Santa Fe. I don't know exactly how transfers worked at that time, but even now, trains with power from both UP and BNSF run into A Yard from this area. But note that the UP San Pedro Sub crosses the LAJ right here, and the Santa Fe/BNSF Harbor Sub and Malabar Yard are a few blocks away. Depending on era, you get the ability to run BNSF and UP transfers into a version of A Yard (adding SP and Santa Fe for earlier eras). You also get the ability to treat an industrial area as something served by ATSF/BNSF and UP as well as LAJ. The dotted line in the upper left is still joint track with UP. The trackage going east-west along Vernon Ave to get there has parallel UP-LAJ trackage through an alley.