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9/14/2022
Anacostia Rail Holdings Co. this summer hosted a group of University of Denver graduate students on a tour of the Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) in Southern California.
In July, 15 students toured various infrastructure facilities associated with the Port of Long Beach and other program partners, including United Parcel Service (UPS) and Matson Inc., Anacostia officials said in a press release. The experience highlighted the inner workings of one of the transportation industry's “critical nerve centers,” they said.
The students are pursuing master’s degrees at the university's Transportation and Supply Chain Institute (TSC) program. The tour was led by TSC Executive Director David Fisher. The graduate degree program takes place across six quarters, and each quarter has a residency week, such as the visit to Southern California.
Anacostia Senior Director of Business Development Kimia Khatami is a student at the institute.
"The advantage of being in a cohort of students, who are already successful professionals in diverse roles within their companies, is that we learn as much from each other as we do our professors and faculty," Khatami said.
PHL provides rail transportation and dispatching for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, which together form the nation’s largest container hub. The short line switches about 40,000 freight cars and nine on-dock intermodal terminals annually. It also dispatches more than 30 stack trains on a 24-hour basis to BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad.
In addition to PHL, Anacostia operates five other short lines.