Formed in 1998 as a successor to the old Harbor Belt Line, the Pacific Harbor Line is a Class III railroad that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest harbors in the Western hemisphere, that generate a massive amount of railroad traffic. The PHL has 18 route miles (29 km) with a web of 59 miles (95 km) of track. Here, paralleling Alameda Street – the same street, some 20 or so miles to the north, on which Los Angeles Union Station is located – are a pair of Pacific Harbor Line SW1200s, 38 (ex-PHL 9381; ex-Conrail 9381; ex-Penn Central 9198; née-New Haven 658) and 36 (ex-PHL 9363; ex- Louisville & Indiana 9363; ex-CR 9363; ex-PC 9180; née-NH 640), hauling a train through Los Angeles' Wilmington neighborhood heading for the railroad's Pier A Yard, in the Los Angeles area's Wilmington neighborhood . (Los Angeles, California – September 15, 2000)
