by K P Harrier
A few weeks ago a contact advised that multiple ballast trains were coming down south from northern California, routed via the Palmdale Cutoff to West Colton Yard, with the final destination unknown, but the source suggested the Los Angeles basin. On Sunday, January 27, 2019 K.P. had a rare Sunday dispatch, this time to Corona, and he passed over the Sunset Route in Ontario twice, the second time traveling over Loop Road by the Ontario-Fontana border, in the M.P. 527 area. There was NO two-tracking or ballasting of the single-track line track there! So, where those ballast trains were being used has not become apparent yet. If anyone knows please speak up …