seen frequently. Once again, Metrolink and the occasional UP freight will pass beneath the east end of the bridge as well.
Next bridge south is Fourth Street. The big attraction here is the Metro Rail subway shop facility. The bridge spans the yard just south of the shop building. Weekends sees the yard chock full of subway cars. Alas, I was only there on weekdays when only empty tracks can be seen.
Next is Sixth Street Bridge, a Los Angeles icon. Built in 1932, the Sixth Street Bridge (or Sixth Street Viaduct) was the precursor to the famous Cali- fornia freeways and the Interstate highway system. Alas, the bridge was built from concrete mixed on site, and because of the high alkali content Sixth Street Bridge is crumbling from within. Despite being listed on the Na- tional Register of Historic Places, the bridge’s two steel arches and all the concrete must come down, as rehabili- tation is not an option. You don’t want to shoot from Sixth Street Bridge for two reasons; first, it is by far the longest of the bridges over the Los An- geles River, and it would take quite a while to walk to a place where you can shoot trains. And second, you want this bridge in your photos.
Next bridge south is Seventh Street, and this is where you want to shoot from, especially this year before the Sixth Street Bridge is torn down. We still have the same cast of characters, with Amtrak and Metrolink on the west side, Metrolink and UP on the east side.
Next bridge south is the I-10 freeway (we’re in California, so we have to say “the” in front of freeway names and numbers), and once again there is (ob- viously) no pedestrian access. That brings us to Olympic Avenue. The west
TOP: Amtrak’s Coast Starlight is backing north from Amtrak’s Eight Street maintenance base to LAUPT as it passes under the First Street bridge. The tall building in the back- ground is headquarters for Los Angeles Metro. ABOVE: On the opposite side of the Los Ange- les River at First Street is a team track for Union Pacific where genset power can be seen. RIGHT: In the vicinity of the southern bridges over the river is Hobart Tower, the most acces- sible of the surviving towers in the city. Frequent BNSF, Amtrak, and Metrolink trains pass in front of the tower.
Hobart Tower
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