South Bay Railfanning: Railfan Guide: Locals

The info below may not be fully accurate. Corrections or additional info would be appreciated. I will not provide days of operation on this page, since they change so often.

LRB32
Permanente Local

Milpitas to San Jose via the Warm Springs Sub; serves Coast Sub industries between Luther and Alviso on some days; serves the Vasona Ind Lead on others. Crew on duty at about 0800.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO034 Alviso: San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
CO039 Santa Clara: Smurfitt-Stone Corp
CO046 Luther: Smurfitt-Stone Corp, San Jose Distribution Services
Vasona Ind Lead
JM959 Permanente: Lehigh Permanente Cement
Warm Springs Sub
PS711 Milpitas: Yard

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LRM35
Milpitas Road Switcher

Milpitas to Warm Springs via the Warm Springs Sub. Crew on duty at about 2200.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Warm Springs Sub
JM926 Snoboy: Truck-Rail Handling Inc, Sunnyvale Lumber
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard
PS711 Milpitas: Yard

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LRM36R
Granite Rock Local
North San Jose Switcher

Milpitas to San Jose via the Warm Springs Sub, also serves the North San Jose Ind Lead and the GraniteRock Lead. Crew on duty at about 0600.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
North San Jose Ind Lead
JM935 North San Jose: GraniteRock, Univar, Unknown Lumber Transload Facility, Hills Bros Chemical Co
Warm Springs Sub
PS711 Milpitas: Yard
PS717 San Jose: Yard

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LRM40R
Milpitas Road Switcher

Serves the Industrial Tracks in Milpitas, Milpitas-Warm Springs via the Warm Springs Sub. Crew on duty at about 0600.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Warm Springs Sub
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard
PS711 Milpitas: Yard, Smurfitt-Stone Corp, Larson Pallet, Marzetti

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LRM46R
Milpitas Yard Switcher

Serves the San Jose Industrial Lead on Tuesdays and Fridays; Switches the Milpitas Yard. Crew on duty at about 1230.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
San Jose Ind Lead
PS711 Milpitas: Yard
PS715 Mabury: Franklin Distilleries, Clean Harbors

LRB50
Newark Local (Evening)

Serves Coast Sub industries in the Newark-Albrae Area, also serves the Newark Ind Lead. Crew on duty at about 1800.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO025 Newark: Yard, Cargill Salt, Pabco Gypsum, Five Star Lumber, Evergreen Oil, Golden State Lumber
CO029 Albrae: Quickrete, Borden Chemical Co, Celotex, Estenson Logistics, Nationwide Boiler, Weyerhauser Paper

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LRB51
Newark Local (Morning)

Serves Coast Sub industries in the Newark-Albrae Area, also serves the Newark Ind Lead. Crew on duty at about 0600.

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LRM54
54 Local

Newark to Niles Jct via the Niles Sub; Niles Jct to Carpenter (Hayward) via the Oakland Sub on some days; Niles Jct to Trevarno (Livermore) via the Oakland Sub on the other days. Crew on duty at about 1100.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO025 Newark: Yard
Oakland Sub
PX905 Trevarno
PX911 Radum
PX924 Fremont: United States Gypsum
PX928 Union City
PX929 Carpenter
PX934 Hayward

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Broadway Local

South San Francisco to Redwood Junction via the JPBX Peninsula Sub, Serves the Redwood Junction and Redwood Harbor Ind Leads. Crew on duty at about 1730.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
JPBX Peninsula Sub
JM010 Redwood Junction: Yard
JM032 South San Francisco: Yard
Redwood Harbor Ind Lead
JM013 Henderson: Diageo
JM015 Bellehaven
Redwood Junction Ind Lead
JM311 Port of Redwood City: Cemex, GraniteRock, Clean Harbors, Basic Chemical Solutions

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Mission Bay Local

South San Francisco to San Jose via the JPBX Peninsula Sub. Crew on duty at about 1830.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
PS717 San Jose: Yard
JPBX Peninsula Sub
JN005 Sunnyvale: Unilever, Calstone, Pine Cone Lumber
JM010 Redwood Junction: Yard
JM032 South San Francisco: Yard

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YSF70
South City Switcher

Serves industrial trackage in South San Francisco and San Francisco. Crew on duty at about 0630.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
JPBX Peninsula Sub
JM032 South San Francisco: Yard, Graniterock, Pacific Agri-Products
JM037 Bayshore: Sierra Point Lumber
JM040 San Francisco: Waste Solutions Group, Darling International, Dean's Trucking

LRB60R
Morning Yard Switcher

Switches the Warm Springs yard and the Nummi Plant. Crew on duty at about 0600.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Warm Springs Sub
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard

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LRB61R
Afternoon Yard Switcher

Switches the Warm Springs yard and the Nummi Plant. Crew on duty at about 1400.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Warm Springs Sub
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard

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LRB62R
Night Yard Switcher

Switches the Warm Springs yard and the Nummi Plant. Crew on duty at about 0100.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Warm Springs Sub
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard

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LRM50
Oakland Auto Hauler

Hauls Autoracks between Warm Springs and Oakland. Crew on duty at about 0000.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Niles Sub
PX950 West Oakland: Yard
Warm Springs Sub
PS707 Warm Springs: Yard

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Soledad Local
Santa Margarita Local

Watsonville Jct to Salinas and/or Paso Robles via the Coast Sub, depending on the day. Crew on duty at about 0800.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO092 Watsonville Junction: Yard
CO105 Cooper
CO110 Salinas
CO112 Firestone
CO132 Camphora
CO164 San Lucas
CO208 Paso Robles

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Hollister Local
Gilroy Local
Santa Cruz Local

Watsonville Jct to Gilroy via the Coast Sub; serves Gilroy industries on some days; serves the Hollister Ind Lead on some days; serves the Santa Cruz Ind Lead on some days. Crew on duty at about 0900.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO072 Gilroy
CO075 Carnadero: Inland Paperboard & Packaging
CO092 Watsonville Junction: Yard
Hollister Ind Lead
CB002 Bolsa: Trical
CB011 Hollister: San Benito Foods
Santa Cruz Ind Lead
CB101 Watsonville: Kristitch-Monterey Pipe Co, Pajaro Valley Cold Storage, Apple Growers Ice and Cold Storage, Couch Distributing Co, Del Mar Food Products, Big Creek Lumber
CB117 Capitola: ProBuild Lumber
CB120 Santa Cruz: SCBT Interchange (ProBuild Lumber)

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Rock Job
Santa Clara Turn

Hauls GraniteRock Loads from Logan near Watsonville to Lick in San Jose, also to the San Jose Yard. Linked with the LRM36R out of Milpitas. Crew on duty at about 1730.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
PS717 San Jose: Yard
CO048 Lick: GraniteRock
CO085 Logan: GraniteRock
CO092 Watsonville Junction: Yard

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Salinas Hauler

Hauls outbound manifest loads from Watsonville to Newark, hauls inbound cars back to Watsonville from San Jose. Also moves the day's MRVSJ power from San Jose to Newark. Crew on duty at about 1900.

Circ-7 Codes and Industries Served:
Coast Sub
CO025 Newark: Yard
PS717 San Jose: Yard
CO092 Watsonville Junction: Yard

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