Fully loaded Burlington Northern Santa Fe container trains wait to depart the Port of Long Beach at Pier 400 to destinations throughout the U.S. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
BNSF railroad inspector Javier Lopez takes a look at a rail switch at a Port of Long Beach container terminal. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A container is lifted from a truck to a rail car at BNSF’s Hobart rail yard in Commerce. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
After leaving the Port of Long Beach, a BNSF container train heads into the Alameda Corridor rail expressway. The train’s first stop will be Barstow for a crew change on its way to Cleveland. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
An engineer moves a freight train into a staging area at Pier 400. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Conductor George Gutierrez rides the catwalk of a locomotive moving into the staging area where long trains are assembled for departure. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
