Los Angeles > Light Rail

Yards & Equipment
Yards The light rail system have yards as Long Beach, Santa Monica, Westchester, Hawthorne, Monrovia and near downtown LA. As the system is growing more faciities are planned.
Equipment The light rail system uses a mix of rolling stock from Siemens, AnsaldoBreda, and Kinki Sharyo. The original cars from Nippon Sharyo have been retired.

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K-Line yards in Westchester as seen from flying into LAX. 9/20/2022
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Siemens P2000 car seen on the loop track from the yard to the shops at Hawthorne. (9/00)
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P2000 Train seen with the under-skirting removed, allowing a better view of the running gear (Hawthorne). (9/00)
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P2000 Car is sitting in front of the Hawthorne shop building. (9/00)
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This car is operating around the Hawthorne yard trackage. (9/00)
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The car to the left is #302, one of 2 cars that will allow full automatic operation. All the other cars are in the 200 series. (9/00)
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P865 train in new livery at the Hawthorne yards. (9/00)
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The downtown yards, seen from a Metrolink Train. (3/18/04)
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Another view of the downtown yards. (3/18/04)
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Downtown yard. (3/18/04)
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P865 Train train at the Hawthorne yards. (9/00)
 
Kinki Sharyo P3010 interior 3/4/2023

Kinki Sharyo P3010 interior 3/4/2023
 
 

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