The Los Angeles Junction Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
BNSF Railway and provides rail switching service on 64 miles of track in
Los Angeles County, California.
Its tracks are in the small industrial city of
Vernon and adjacent industrial areas, southeast of
Downtown Los Angeles.
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
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and
Commerce
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Today, the LAJ Railway is a neutral
switching railroad and receives interchange from two
Class I Railroad
In the United States
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s, the
BNSF Railway and the
Union Pacific Railroad
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California railroads
BNSF Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Transportation in Los Angeles County, California
Bell, California
Maywood, California
Vernon, California
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
Railway companies established in 1923
1923 establishments in California
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway lines
BNSF Railway lines
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