After passing through Summit, on BNSF’s Cajon Sub, Union Pacific train P-YRWC-09 crosses over to the UP’s Mojave Sub at Silverwood. This train, powered by UP 4-8-8-4 4014, marked the first ti... (more)

4014 returns to Cajon under steam! Though 4014 may be "big," it's still no match when compared to the Mormon rocks. Having just passed through Mormon Rocks to the delight of many onlookers and pho... (more)

It has been almost six decades since 4014 ran under its own power. Here, we see the great locomotive pass the siding in Summit.

Cajon Pass in 2000.

"Z" trains are the highest priority freight trains on the BNSF Railway. At Cajon, California, on July 27, 2019, BNSF Z-WSPSBD9-25, a hot Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train operating from... (more)

Despite being a port city, neither the port nor the railroad in San Diego has the necessary cranes and other equipment to handle intermodal trailers or containers. And yet, on July 15 the BNSF in... (more)

Heading from Alliance TX to Thenard CA, BNSF Intermodal Stacks train S-ALTSCO1-24 is about halfway down Cajon Pass, California as it passes through the Cajon station. The three General Electric d... (more)

Cajon, an old station on the Santa Fe, sits in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass. BNSF Railway train Q-ALTSBD6-24, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal train heading from Alliance TX to Sa... (more)

BNSF Railway train Z-SBDALT9-27 has just about conquered the crossing of southern California's Cajon Pass as it rounds the last curve before crossing the summit. BNSF ES44DCs 7853 and 7679 and ES... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific freight passes through Cajon, in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass. Led by UP C30-7 2462, SD40-2 3240 and Dash 8-40C 9127, this train is headed for East Yard ... (more)

BNSF Railway train O-LACKCM9-29A leans into a curve as ES44C4 8342 and 8005 pull their 18-car passenger special through Lugo, on the "backside" of southern California's Cajon Pass on Aug... (more)

Rolling down Cajon Pass is a Union Pacific freight powered by a trio of SD40-2s (3240, 3443 and 3512). UP 3240 was built in June 1973, and from February 1976 through June 1980 it had high-speed g... (more)

Passing through the narrow canyon at Blue Cut, an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train climbs Cajon Pass on a bright August 29, 1981. Seven-year-old SD40-2 3265 looks pretty good - about as c... (more)

A four-unit set of Southern Pacific U30Cs (7931, 7915, 7911 and 7905) is in charge of an eastbound freight on December 26, 1972. This train is headed for the railroad's West Colton Yard, and is g... (more)

Spring is still two days away, but Cajon Pass is looking nice and green thanks to a wetter than usual winter in southern California. A westbound Union Pacific intermodal train, headed for the adj... (more)