Carson, CA ... UP's Dolores yard ... ICTF support yard ... Alameda Corridor ... North leg of the Watson Wye.

Union Pacific's Dolores Locomotive Facility & Classification Yard

Located off the 405 freeway and Alameda Blvd, the facility is used to service the UP's fleet of engines and also serves as a classification yard for many of the outbound manifest trains.

UP 3111 and UP 609 both seen here on the north end of the Dolores yard working seperate yard trains.

A CEFX engine is seen here working a train out of the ICTF yard.

The ICTF support yard is located between the 405 freeway and the Sepulveda Ave. overpass alongside Alameda Street in Carson, CA. It serves as a transfer yard with the Pacific Harbor Line and the Union Pacific. Also it serves as a place for the UP to stage trains to be taken into the ICTF yard. Switching of the yard can be observed on the south end usually by the PHL... or you can catch the UP dropping off trains here also.

ICTF support yard as seen from the Sepulveda overpass looking north

UP 2687 sits on the south end of the ICTF yard as a UP mixed manifest train passes on the Alameda Corridor at CP Sepulveda.

After cutting away from their train the engines pull away and start down to the Wilmington Wye so the power can be turned around, serviced and be ready for it's next train.

UP 5548 shoves it's train back onto the yard.

UP 5034 crawls through CP Alameda off the Alameda Corridor and into the UP Dolores yard inbound tracks.

UP 5697 backs it's autorack train into the ICTF support yard.

BNSF 7704 approaches the south end of CP Sepulveda and the connector track for BNSF's Watson yard on the Alameda Corridor.

UP 5338 approaches the north end of CP Sepulveda on the Alameda Corridor.

Lomita Blvd and Wilmington Ave just on the south border of Carson, the west leg of the Watson Wye and the lead track out of the yard to the BNSF Harbor Sub.

The BNSF power for Watson yard tied down just west of the wye track.