Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
From Hobart Yard to the Port of Long Beach via the Alameda Trench! You're on board and see what the crew sees. A two hour cab ride!
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Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
About this show: Hop on board! We've got a first class ticket for you to ride a BNSF doublestack train on the Alameda Corridor! From Hobart Yard in Los Angeles to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and back again, including Terminal Island and Pier 400, you're about to witness a line that few are privileged to see - experience the Alameda Corridor!
The congestion generated by heavy BNSF and UP trains moving freight in and out of the ports led to construction of a 20-mile long consolidated route linking the railroad's container facilities near Los Angeles to the harbor area. The central feature of the Corridor is the Trench, a 33-foot deep, 50-foot wide, 10-mile long cut that carries trains below grade crossings. With an average close to 70 trains a day, the Corridor is a busy place, as you ll see on three separate outings.
Your first trip begins near Eastern Avenue on a cool, overcast October morning in 2007. After passing Hobart Tower, you enter the Trench at 25th Street, return to ground level 10 miles later in Compton, ending your trip at Dolores Yard.
Your second trip takes you from Watson Yard to Terminal Island where your consist will traverse a giant balloon track to keep your lead unit on the point before coupling to a waiting train.
For the third trip, you ll depart from Pier 400 for the return trip back through the Trench. This time the camera is mounted on the second unit to give you a different perspective. The highlights of your trips include appearances by Pacific Harbor Line locomotives, a passing UP stack train in the corridor, and more.
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-At-the-Throttle-Cab-Ride-Vol-4-DVD_ATT4-DVD
0:00 Introduction & San Bernardino Sub
9:07 Why a 10-miles trench thru LA
12:39 Dive into the Alameda Trench
27:55 Back to surface trackage
32:53 Passing UP's Dolores Yard
37:13 Watson Yard to Terminal Island
48:48 Terminal Island/Port of Long Beach
57:13 Waiting for/getting track clearance
1:13:36 A the head of a container train
1:21:09 New train, new camera location
1:46:26 UP's locomotive serving facility
1:52:14 Back to below street level
2:01:23 A UP stack trains overtakes us in the trench
The thumbnail image for this video is a composite image:
BNSF locomotives: James St. John via a CC-2.0 license
Port of Long Beach cranes: Regular Daddy via a CC-BY-3.0 license
Container stack photo: AgainErick via a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license
From Hobart Yard to the Port of Long Beach via the Alameda Trench! You're on board and see what the crew sees. A two hour cab ride!
No AI was used to bring this show to you. Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
About Pentrex: For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
About this show: Hop on board! We've got a first class ticket for you to ride a BNSF doublestack train on the Alameda Corridor! From Hobart Yard in Los Angeles to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and back again, including Terminal Island and Pier 400, you're about to witness a line that few are privileged to see - experience the Alameda Corridor!
The congestion generated by heavy BNSF and UP trains moving freight in and out of the ports led to construction of a 20-mile long consolidated route linking the railroad's container facilities near Los Angeles to the harbor area. The central feature of the Corridor is the Trench, a 33-foot deep, 50-foot wide, 10-mile long cut that carries trains below grade crossings. With an average close to 70 trains a day, the Corridor is a busy place, as you ll see on three separate outings.
Your first trip begins near Eastern Avenue on a cool, overcast October morning in 2007. After passing Hobart Tower, you enter the Trench at 25th Street, return to ground level 10 miles later in Compton, ending your trip at Dolores Yard.
Your second trip takes you from Watson Yard to Terminal Island where your consist will traverse a giant balloon track to keep your lead unit on the point before coupling to a waiting train.
For the third trip, you ll depart from Pier 400 for the return trip back through the Trench. This time the camera is mounted on the second unit to give you a different perspective. The highlights of your trips include appearances by Pacific Harbor Line locomotives, a passing UP stack train in the corridor, and more.
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-At-the-Throttle-Cab-Ride-Vol-4-DVD_ATT4-DVD
0:00 Introduction & San Bernardino Sub
9:07 Why a 10-miles trench thru LA
12:39 Dive into the Alameda Trench
27:55 Back to surface trackage
32:53 Passing UP's Dolores Yard
37:13 Watson Yard to Terminal Island
48:48 Terminal Island/Port of Long Beach
57:13 Waiting for/getting track clearance
1:13:36 A the head of a container train
1:21:09 New train, new camera location
1:46:26 UP's locomotive serving facility
1:52:14 Back to below street level
2:01:23 A UP stack trains overtakes us in the trench
The thumbnail image for this video is a composite image:
BNSF locomotives: James St. John via a CC-2.0 license
Port of Long Beach cranes: Regular Daddy via a CC-BY-3.0 license
Container stack photo: AgainErick via a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license
