Discovery Channel Wed 7/28 - Port of Long Beach

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An ad in the L A Times says that the Discovery Channel will have a show about the Long Beach, CA port and Megaships on Wednesday night at 9PM. Containerized freight is transferred from ship to rail there.

[Anonymous]

Cool, gonna have to check it out. 8PM Central time for me.

The Travel Channel did something similar about ports not so long ago. That was a good program too.

[cstaats]

Does any one know if the History Channel will run Trains Unlimited again?

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QUOTE: Originally posted by cstaats

Does any one know if the History Channel will run Trains Unlimited again?

Never knew they did to begin with. I know the local PBS station use to air that from time to time.

As for the Port of Long Beach show, that was simply amazing to watch. Few shots of BNSF in there including one that was derailed. What a site it must be to see something like this in person. 6300 containers unloaded plus 6300 reloaded in 48 hours! Talk about speed racer lol.

I think Im going to look into being a port crane operator. My eyes got big when I heard they make $200,000 a year.[:0] Im sure its well deserved too.

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QUOTE: Originally posted by 5penniesworth

Originally posted by cstaats
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I think Im going to look into being a port crane operator. My eyes got big when I heard they make $200,000 a year.[:0] Im sure its well deserved too.

I agree it's amazing how fast, and accurate, these guys are. And the money can't hurt! Some of the other trades (clerks I think) work Monday-Friday, but other jobs work seven days.

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