The Los Angeles Junction Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and provides rail switching service on 64 miles of track in Los Angeles County, California. Its tracks are in the small industrial city of Vernon and adjacent industrial areas, southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. History The LAJ was planned in the early 1920s as the switching railroad for the Central Manufacturing District in the cities of Vernon, Maywood, Bell and Commerce. Today, the LAJ Railway is a neutral switching railroad and receives interchange from two Class I Railroads, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad. References California railroads BNSF Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Transportation in Los Angeles County, California Bell, California Maywood, California Vernon, California Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Railway companies established in 1923 1923 establishments in California Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway lines BNSF Railway lines