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.
A trio of SD40-2s, plus an SD45, grind upgrade to get a Union Pacific freight out of San Bernardino and over Cajon Pass. One-month-old UP SD40-2 3730 leads this train as it passes through Verdemo... (more)
A former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway baggage car, demoted to Maintenance of Way service and renumbered ATSF 205998, sits in Devore, and the base of Cajon Pass. (Devore, California – Marc... (more)
Nearly at the summit.
BNSF Railway's California Division Christmas Train operated a pair of 50-mile round-trips on the railway's Cajon Sub from San Bernardino, California, to the Summit of Cajon Pass. The second trip ... (more)
Having conquered Cajon Pass, the Pacific Railroad Society's 75th Anniversary special (symboled UP AMT966-02) heads across the Mojave Desert on its way from Los Angeles to Bakersfield. This is UP'... (more)
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)
After my arrival I was thrilled to be living near famous Cajon Pass. This WB mixed freight is one of the first of many pictures or fine railfanning day, even with a ubiquitous -2.
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 4294 powers an eight car officer special westbound. Cars are Cajon Pass, Trinchera Pass, Mt. Helena, Raton Pass, Marias Pass, Topeka, Fred Harvey, & William B Strong.
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)
ALRAY CA Sept 7 1983 — A TOFC-COFC train is led by ATSF SD40-2 5207 on its uphill journey in Cajon Pass. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 786153-8) in October 1978 painted in blue body with yellow wa... (more)
Santa Fe 3751 from the fireman side. I saw the 3751 for the first time on November 26, 1976 when it was still on display in San Bernardino. After it was restored by the San Bernardino Railway His... (more)
Santa Fe 3751 from the engineer side. I saw the 3751 for the first time on November 26, 1976 when it was still on display in San Bernardino. After it was restored by the San Bernardino Railway Hi... (more)
BLUE CUT CA Sept 6 1983 — What at first glance seems to be a light engine movement is in actuality a bare tables train with ATSF SD40-2 5172 in the lead. Also in consist are C30-7 8096 and SD45 ... (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)
A fairly common scene in Cajon Pass where two trains are "racing" eachother.
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)
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe FP45 5992 (ex-5942, nee-102), teamed with FP45s 5991 and 5998, is on the point of a 14-car Analysts' Special climbing Cajon Pass as the train heads from San Diego to Bak... (more)
When I climbed on top of this hill, I saw for the first time the Santa Fe derailment that happened just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass, and at first glance it looked like it was from an HO mod... (more)
Westbound symbol ZAUGSBD passes through Sullivan's curve behind BNSF 9028.
BLUE CUT CA Sept 7 1983 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3474 rolls through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. EMD built the unit (b/n 776088-70) in May 1978. My photo.
On a dreary November morning, BNSF ES44DC No. 7816 switches from main 3 to main 2 as it leads its train down from the Summit of Cajon Pass
CAJON PASS CA Sept 7 1983 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3720 leads a TOFC-COFC train. EMD built the unit (b/n 796297-62) in February 1980 and retired it on December 28 2000. Corrections, additions welc... (more)
Grinding up the 3% grade on Cajon Pass' South Track, the original mainline and also the steeper of the two tracks, is an eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight with an impressive set... (more)
Descending Cajon Pass is a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway baretable train, heading from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to San Bernardino, just sixteen miles ahead. Two-month-old BNSF Dash 9-44CW ... (more)
Santa Fe 5140 leads a westbound manifest train towards the summit on Cajon Pass.
BNSF OCS descending the Cajon Pass
It's a snowy day on southern California's Cajon Pass, but after climbing to the railroad's 3,775-foot summit, BNSF Railway train Q-LACLPC6-23L has broken through the clouds and found sunshine as i... (more)
A westbound freight is handling a few executive cars on this date. Rare on this date for a train to have only this model unit in the lead. Nice clear day, no smog, no wildfires, etc.
UP 3719 leads a westbound grain train towards the summit on Cajon Pass.
It is a crisp, clear day in Cajon Pass after a winter storm has dumped snow on the mountains. Union Pacific 2507 exits tunnel number 1. A lot has changed at this locations since this photograph wa... (more)
Santa Fe 5155 leads a westbound intermodal train through Cajon Pass.
East Bound Manifest crosses Hill 582 as it crests the Cajon Pass with San Bernardino Mountains visible in the background
So Much Has Changed in 38 Years (from Today!) An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe piggyback train stops in San Bernardino for a crew change. This train, most likely symbolle... (more)
Posting This in July ... Because It's Hot Now Coming off Cajon Pass' famed Sullivan's Curve and rounding the last curve into the Cajon station (the physical building of wh... (more)
It may be early January, but there is not a lot of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains as BNSF train M-WATBAR1-06, a merchandise train ("Look, Ma! No double-stacks!") that originated in W... (more)
BNSF 5090 leads a W/B train down Cajon Pass late in the afternoon.
BNSF 7582 leads a W/B train down Cajon Pass as late afternoon/early evening light paints the scene.
Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.
Six Santa Fe GP-35s grind up the hill towards the summit in Cajon Pass.
Santa Fe 3433 leads an eastbound intermodal up the 2.2% grade on the north track towards the summit on Cajon Pass.
The early morning sunrise greets Santa Fe 5068 as it crests the summit of Cajon Pass with an eastbound manifest.
Santa Fe 3282 rests on its side, the victim of a derailment just north of highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Note the front coupler has been completely snapped off. Heavy rain storms caused track damage... (more)
The engineer on Santa Fe 5350 proceeds very slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage and ATSF 3338,... (more)
For the last ten miles, since Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30 3250 (ex-ATSF 1250) and four GP35s departed San Bernardino, this train has been steadily climbing the ATSF First District's 2.2% grade... (more)
An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe train of empty autoracks, with ATSF U36C 8784 leading a mix of GE and EMD locomotives, rounds the well-known curve leading to Cajon Pass' Summit. (Cajon Pa... (more)
Surrounded by the snow capped San Bernardino Mountains an eastbound BNSF stack climbs uphill towards the Summit of Cajon Pass.
UP 8085 leads a westbound intermodal train towards the Summit in Cajon Pass.
A westbound freight is at the division point after descending Cajon Pass. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.
A nice mix of Santa Fe EMD power leads an eastbound TOFC train upgrade at Cajon Summit.
UP 1996 leads a southbound Lathrop to Long Beach I train just north of Canyon on the Mojave Sub.
Mountain Pass. BNSF Railway 6746 is seen sitting at Cajon Summit awaiting a favorable eastbound signal. This photo was taken while on a technical tour of the pass, escorted by railway e... (more)
A westbound mixed freight has drawn the beast of UP motive power today, along with some friends. These magnificent examples of EMD's prowess were never preserved.
Westbound, I think, just can't figure out just where.
Snow still lingered in the San Gabriel mountains one year ago as BNSF 7195 lugs an eastbound stack train upgrade at Cajon. 3-8-22
ALRAY CA Sept 7 1983 -- Four tunnel motors, with SD40T-2 8573 in the lead, are in command of an SP autorack train. My photo
Rolling at train speed, 60 mph (for passenger trains) is BNSF Railway Officer Special O-LACSBD8-06A. BNSF ET44C4 7939 can handle this 10-car train easily as it heads 62 miles from Los Angeles ... (more)
After three days of rain and snow, a small lake has appeared at the east end of Cajon, between Track 1 (not visible here) and Track 2. Descending Track 2 is BNSF Railway "High Priority Merch... (more)
CAJON PASS CA Sept 6 1983 — Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8340 leads a mixed freight. My photo.
Snow is falling at Cajon (elevation 3,116-feet), but at Summit (seven miles away, but at 3,775-feet altitude) the sun is out. While snow this heavy at Cajon is not unheard of, it only occurs ever... (more)
A massive snowstorm in the mountains of southern California is preventing a view into the valleys of Cajon Pass, where it is snowing. But here, at the summit of the BNSF Railway’s crossing of t... (more)
Union Pacific train ZLBDV-26, a UPS Expedited Intermodal train (with some autoracks up front) has climbed out from under the clouds dropping snow on Cajon Pass' lower areas, and is about to crest ... (more)
A few years ago, as GEVOs were being delivered every few months, a friend commented that soon railfans would be salivating at a solid set of Dash 9s the same way we would over a solid set of SD40-... (more)
The summit of Cajon Pass, a spot the railroad inexplicably calls "Summit", sits 3,775-feet above sea level. The day after a massive snowstorm hit the area, dropping snow at elevations a... (more)
A late Amtrak train 3 at Cajon. (Cajon Pass, California - February 26, 2023)
At 2618 feet, Cajon Pass' Blue Cut, is much lower than Cajon (near Sullivan's Curve) or Summit (obviously, since it sits at 3775-feet). It therefore rarely gets much snow. However, after three d... (more)
Snow is somewhat rare at Cajon, a bit under 3000-feet of elevation, but it does occur a few times per year. But the big storm of February 2023 dumped a lot of snow here, as it was dropping snowfl... (more)
Following three days of rain and snow, with snow falling at unusually low altitudes (about 1000-feet or so – it snowed in San Bernardino!) the previous day, BNSF railway train Q-LACLPC6-23L (Gua... (more)
Climbing the grade out of San Bernardino as it heads for nearby Cajon Pass is BNSF High Priority Freight train H-WCLBAR1-19F – known as the "WickleBar" by crews. This day's WCLBAR is ... (more)
BNSF railway train Z-SBDALT4-19 is 25 miles into its trip from San Bernardino CA to Alliance TX as it rounds the iconic curve into Cajon Pass' Summit. This Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train has a... (more)
BREAKING NEWS! A fleet of foreign spy balloons invades America! Union Pacific train MOGWC-14, an Ogden UT to West Colton CA Manifest, passes under the cantile... (more)
Four GEs battle the grade up Cajon Pass with the Z LACMEM as they pass through Mormon Rocks.
A eastbound intermodal train makes its way through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass
A eastbound mixed manifest train makes its way through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass
In a few moments this Z train will run on the summit.
A Northbound manifest tops Cajon Pass on the Mojave Sub at Hiland.
UP 6473 south heads down Cajon Pass at Canyon.
A wreck on the Southern Pacific in Arizona has necessitated some of their hotter trains to detour on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in order to reach southern California. SP SD45R 7498 (ex-SP SD4... (more)
Eastbound BNSF-Train has just left the Sullivan's Curve behind the hill.
