eastbound Santa Fe manifest climbing Cajon Pass between Cajon and Alray

A brand new ES44C4, BNSF 6552, makes its way down Cajon Pass as it heads for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Just another parade of power climbing Cajon Pass. Nice variety.

a Westbound unit ethanol train passes Cajon station as it decends Cajon Pass.

When we saw SP 9177 leading three Milwaukee Road SD40-2s on a train out of Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, we knew we had to chase it all the way to West Colton. Soon after arriving in West Colton, th... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train was descending Cajon Pass west of Cajon station. This was the power off the jointly operated DRGW UP Santa Fe Utah to Kaiser Steel in Fontana, CA coal train, it was norm... (more)

After "racing" Union Pacific 8444 uphill in Cajon Pass, Southern Pacific 4449 has come to a stop between ATSF tunnel 2 and Hiland due to an overheated bearing. Train crew members are checking out... (more)

Amtrak 164 leads the westbound Southwest Chief running around 3 hours late through Cajon Station. I'm sure the passengers don't mind the slight delay, as they get to enjoy a rare trip through the ... (more)

A Santa Fe eastbound crawls through a slow order past the site of the derailment just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rains cause track damage in the area, requiring work crews to repai... (more)

A Santa Fe westbound has stopped on the shoe-fly around the wreck site near Cajon Summit. Heavy rains washed out the double main line, leaving the tracks hanging in the air above the washout. Sa... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe GE "Super Fleet" B40-8W is panned as it rolls through Cajon Station. These sharp looking units were nearly new at the time.

A Santa Fe eastbound train, with caboose 999573, proceeds slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage... (more)

A "westbound" (headed for San Francisco, no matter what the compass direction on the SP) works up Cajon behind a quartet of big EMD units. Today, this is Union Pacific trackage, of course, and one... (more)

How I Spent my Last Day on Earth The sound of dynamic breaks off three EMDs, and I-15 truck traffic, echos off the mountain side as UP 1989, Denver & Rio Grande Heritage Unit, leads a North... (more)

They're only about a 100 miles into their journey, but already this team of head end power and DPUs are working as hard as they're going to on the entire trip east.