Alameda Corridor Freight Line, CA, USA
Key Data:
Materials Carried
Intermodal
Grain
Coal
Average Daily Traffic (2007)
50 trains/day
Traffic Target
100 trains/day
System:
Operator
UPRC
Authorised
1996
Completed
2002
Route Length
32km
Gauge
1,435mm
Principal Centres
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Extensions planned:
Nil
Electrification:
Nil
Rolling Stock:
Locomotives
3,000
Wagons
68,000
Special Characteristics:
Spectacular freight growth planned
Four old routes replaced
$2bn project
$400m federal funding
UPRC second largest US operator
Elimination of 200 level crossings
