46 Business View - November 2015
LOGISTICS
track owned by Union Pacific: Cargill Milling Inc., PCCR
USA, Contractor’s Cargo, International Paper, Epsilon
Plastics, Grow More Inc. and Konoike-Pacific cold stor-
age. PHL also provides maintenance on its own portions
of the track.
In April 2014, PHL relocated from its original home, in
Pier A Yard, to a new facility two miles away, at Berth
200. “It’s a brand-new facility that was built by the Port
of Los Angeles,” says Cliatt. “It’s one of the newest facili-
ties in the industry. It has, arguably, the best locomotive
shop of any short line railroad. And it’s a phenomenal
structure; it’s a green structure. We have security at this
location; we have cameras; we have all of the storm wa-
ter improvements to go along with our fleet of 25 Tier
3-plus locomotives. It’s a facility that any rail fan or rail
buff should put on their list of places to see.”
Another source of pride to Cliatt is PHL’s reputation as
owner of one of the greenest locomotive fleets in the
country. In fact, this pastMay, the companywas designat-
ed a SmartWay Transport Partner by the federal Environ-
mental Protection Agency (EPA), a label awarded to com-
panies involved in freight transportation and committed
to being environmentally efficient and cost-effective. Its
