Los Angeles Junction Railway Explained

Railroad Name:Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ Railway)
Marks:LAJ
Locale:Los Angeles, California
Start Year:May 26, 1923
End Year:present
Hq City:Vernon, California
Website:www.lajrailway.com

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 and Commerce.

Today, the LAJ Railway is a neutral switching railroad and receives interchange from two Class I Railroads, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.

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