UP presents expansion plan for Calif. intermodal yard

摘要

Union Pacific wants to increase the capacity at its near-dock Intermodal Container Transfer Facility north of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports by adding, among other things, 14 additional acres, five new working tracks and a new access gate, according to the local reports. The railroad also plans to purchase 39 rail-mounted, electric, wide-span gantry cranes and to eliminate 73 diesel-powered yard tractors and 10 diesel-powered rubber-tired gantry cranes.