Los Angeles Junction Railway

{{short description|Railway track service}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{inline citations|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox rail |image=Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District map 1923.jpg |caption=Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District map with rail lines (1923) | gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}| railroad_name=Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ Railway)| logo_filename=| logo_size=| marks=LAJ| locale=[[Los Angeles, California]]| start_year=May 26, 1923| end_year=present| old_gauge=| hq_city=[[Vernon, California]]| website=[http://www.lajrailway.com www.lajrailway.com]}} The '''Los Angeles Junction Railway''' {{Reporting mark|LAJ}} is a wholly owned subsidiary of the [[BNSF Railway]] and provides rail switching service on 64 miles of track in [[Los Angeles County, California]].

Its tracks are in the small industrial city of [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] and adjacent industrial areas, southeast of [[Downtown Los Angeles]].

==History== The LAJ was planned in the early 1920s as the switching railroad for the Central Manufacturing District in the cities of [[Vernon, California|Vernon]], [[Maywood, California|Maywood]], [[Bell, California|Bell]] and [[Commerce, California|Commerce]].

Today, the LAJ Railway is a neutral [[switching railroad]] and receives interchange from two [[Class I Railroad]]s, the [[BNSF Railway]] and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].

==References== {{Portal||Railways}} *{{cite book | author=Stindt, Fred A. | title=American Shortline Railway Guide - 5th Ed.| publisher=Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co.| year=1996| isbn=0-89024-290-9}} *{{cite book | author=Walker, Mike| title=Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Ed.| publisher=Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom: Steam Powered Publishing| year=1997| isbn=1-874745-08-0}} *{{cite web | url=https://www.bnsf.com/search.html?query=%22Los+Angeles+Junction+Railway%22 | title=LAJ Railway}}, Search at bnsf.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Los Angeles Junction Railway}} [[Category:California railroads]] [[Category:BNSF Railway]] [[Category:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] [[Category:Transportation in Los Angeles County, California]] [[Category:Bell, California]] [[Category:Maywood, California]] [[Category:Vernon, California]] [[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles County, California]] [[Category:Railway companies established in 1923]] [[Category:1923 establishments in California]] [[Category:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway lines]] [[Category:BNSF Railway lines]]