The Cluttered and now Semi-deceased Harbor Sub

[Erie Lackawanna]

Here's a ten year old shot to share.   When the Harbor Sub still saw through trains it was the closest "main line" to my house and a real chance to go grab a quick shot of a couple trains... but the area closest to my house had lots of buildings and fences right up against the ROW, so taking pictures was very difficult.  

This shot at Arbor Vitae was about the most open space there.  On this day I was lucky to get an SD45-2 and a MPEX (Boise Locomotive) owned F45 (ex Santa Fe) with a string of empty flats.  

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=233072&nseq=0

Charles

[Convicted One]

I can recall seeing long doublestacks crawling north up the Harbor Sub, over Hawthorne Blvd @ 190th

[garyla]

This brings to mind what has happened to UP's old harbor line.  I used to work within walking distance of Douglas Jct. in North Long Beach.  For reasons unknown to me, a bunch of money was spent in the 1990s on a grade-separation project at South St.

[Erie Lackawanna]

Was that around the same time that they walled in the UP line through Paramount?  The old station is still there, behind some massive free graffitti canvansas (the walls) that the city/railroad put up where there used to be a grade crossing (this on a line that now sees a couple locals a day).

[garyla]

Yes, that was all around the same time (latter 1990s), and it seemed like a huge needless expense. 

Those walls must look like heaven to the lowlifes with spray cans.