Cresting the summit of Cajon Pass behind 504 are GP60M 127, GP40X 3805 and GP60M 130.

8711 leads UP SD60 6034.

Hooping Up Orders

As an eastbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight, led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9269, departs Hiland, at the summit of Cajon Pass, the conductor grabs his ... (more)

GP60 9785 leads SD70Ms 9810 and 9809.

Nearly at the summit.

Santa Fe RSD-15 "Alligator" #847 leads four units on a westbound symbol train out of Summit in September 1969. Alco RSD-15 #847 with 2400 hp was built in 1960, Santa Fe rostered the... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe merchandise climbs Cajon Pass. Trailing units are two GP9s, an SD45-2 and two SD40-2s.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Dash 9-44CW 4906, operating with FURX SD40-2 7287 (ex-BNSF 7287, originally BN 7287) and BNSF GP38-2 2277 (ex-BN 2277, née-SLSF 422), approaches Cajon Pass' T... (more)

Heading east as it crests southern California’s Cajon Pass is BNSF train Z-LACWSP4-15U. BNSF ES44C4s 6613 and 8130, SD70ACEs 8992 and 8420, and Dash 9-44CW 5225 will take this UPS Expedited Int... (more)

Climbing Cajon Pass at milepost 58 is Union Pacific train KLAG1, an intermodal train that may be operating for K-Line out of the port of Los Angeles. Union Pacific SD70M 4842, UP Dash 8-40C 9198,... (more)

BNSF Railway train Z-SBDALT4-15 round the curve at Cajon Pass' Summit as it heads from nearby San Bernardino CA to Alliance TX. A quartet of BNSF locomotives - ES44C4s 7089, 6964 and 8327, plus D... (more)

A pair of westbound BNSF Railway trains descend Cajon Pass, and one overtakes the other at CP Walker. BNSF’s California Division Christmas Train, symboled O-SBDSBD2-12A, heads downgrade after r... (more)

A pair of BNSF Railway Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal "Z Trains" meet at Cajon Pass' Summit. Heading east, and on the left, is train Z-SBDWSP7-26A, heading from San Bernardino CA to Chicag... (more)

Cajon, the site of the old Santa Fe station in the heart of Cajon Pass, sits at the 3,100 foot (945 meters) elevation, and the snow is not usually very deep here. But on occasion, it can get pret... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 leads a short passenger train around Sullivan's Curve in southern California's Cajon Pass under skies that were threatening rain. The cold temperatures, however, provided ... (more)