Western Railroad Discussion > UP Unit Corn Syrup Train on LA Sub?

Today I saw a unit train of what I would describe as corn syrup tank cars westbound on the Union Pacific Los Angeles Subdivision through Pomona, CA. One of the cars was PRGX 10405 and one of the DPU units was UP 6498. I work next to the line and saw a similar train a few weeks ago, but I have not heard or seen mention of a unit corn syrup train in the Los Angeles area. Can anyone confirm that it is indeed a corn syrup train and/or the destination?

Thank you,
Steve

A fellow engineer caught the one a couple of weeks ago. It goes to Cargil on the PHL but I don't know exactly where it is in the harbor area. The symbol is the GREJLJ-21. It's a monster, 105 loads 14411 tons!-BMT

That's a whole lotta syrup! Pancakes for ever!!!😀
SantaFeRuss

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BNSF would run one of those trains once every month or so to Barstow, CA and then the cars would trickle to wherever their final destination was. I haven't seen such a train in awhile (at minimum, 2017) so I suspect UP must have gotten that contract...???

UPNW2-1083 Wrote:
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> A fellow engineer caught the one a couple of weeks
> ago. It goes to Cargil on the PHL but I don't know
> exactly where it is in the harbor area. The symbol
> is the GREJLJ-21. It's a monster, 105 loads 14411
> tons!-BMT

Brian do you know if it came in via the Sunset or via the LA&SL?

Thanks.


Allen

When I was at Cima Hill this month I'm pretty certain I saw either a unit train of those (empty) tank cars (heading east) or a large cut of them on one of the manifests.

bradleymckay Wrote:
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> Brian do you know if it came in via the Sunset or via the LA&SL?

Overland Route from Eddyvilla, IA to Ogden, then the LA&SL south to LA

And enough for Waffles too

SantaFeRuss Wrote:
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> That's a whole lotta syrup! Pancakes for
> ever!!!😀
> SantaFeRuss
>
> Posted from Android

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Cargill is in Lynwood. No room for an unit train there though so they must store the cars elsewhere and bring them in piecemeal.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cargill+Milling+Inc/@33.9255585,-118.2214042,163m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xdd8360fe69e5c89d!8m2!3d33.925375!4d-118.2211747

Nice trickling pun!


zchcsse Wrote:
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> BNSF would run one of those trains once every
> month or so to Barstow, CA and then the cars would
> trickle to wherever their final destination was.
> I haven't seen such a train in awhile (at minimum,
> 2017) so I suspect UP must have gotten that
> contract...???

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chrisbutts Wrote:
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> Cargill is in Lynwood. No room for an unit train
> there though so they must store the cars elsewhere
> and bring them in piecemeal.
>
 I kinda doubt that they would bring a whole unit train of corn syrup to be brought into a transload facality 8 at time.'

I would guess that this is going to Vopak terminal. They have a lot of liquid storage tanks and could easily dedicate some for corn syrup if it is being exported.