Boardman on BoardAt Lugo, on the eastern side of Cajon Pass' summit, BNSF Railway's triple-track pares down to "just" double-track. However, due to trackwork between Lugo... (more)
The Desert WindAmtrak train #36, led by SDP40F 526 and F40PH 221, passes through Mormon Rocks in southern California's Cajon Pass on March 27th, 1981. This is the eastbound <... (more)
Color in Cajon PassBNSF Railway train S-LPKSCO2-27K heads downgrade at Blue Cut, in southern California's Cajon Pass, on May 30th, 2016. This double-stack intermodal train is headin... (more)
Little Train at SummitSouthern California's Cajon Pass sees about 100 trains per day, from both BNSF Railway and Union Pacific (plus two Amtrak trains per day as well), and they ten... (more)
UP 7488 and company power this 3X1 Salt Lake stacktrain east as they round Sullivan's Curve in the Cajon Pass.
Union Pacific's Bicentennial ... Kind Of ...While Union Pacific never painted a locomotive for the American Bicentennial, they did loan E9A 951 to the Preamble Express, a spe... (more)
A Long Stack TrainBNSF Railway train S-LPKSCO2-27K passes through Cajon, in the heart of Cajon Pass, on May 30th, 2016. This train is 10,242 feet long and is carrying containers fr... (more)
A Motley MixA short Amtrak train, operated for Amtrak President Joseph Boardman, climbs southern California's Cajon Pass on May 30th, 2016. This train, comprised of P42DC 156 (wear... (more)
Amtrak 156 East leads this 4 car special bound for Northern California as it passes Silverwood nearing the top of Cajon Pass.
Amtrak's Special heading to Modesto with all the brass aboard enjoys a pleasant journey up Cajon Pass on this Memorial Day 2016.
Five SD40-2's with a pair from Union Pacific and one each from Missouri Pacific, Norfolk Southern and Missouri-Kansas-Texas head up the North Main on Cajon Pass with an Eastbound K-line doublestac... (more)
Herb Sullivan's CurveA quartet of Union Pacific locomotives (SD60 6036, UP SD40-2 3929 and a pair of SD40T-2s still in Southern Pacific paint) navigate around Sullivan's Curve in so... (more)
ATSF westbound "Harbor" train stopped at Frost picking up rear end helpers for climb over Cajon Pass.
BNSF 3765 leads a westbound Willow Springs to San Bernardino into Sullivan's Curve.
The constant parade of intermodal moving through Cajon Pass is evident on a beautiful Spring morning as the BNSF 7800 west approaches Sullivan's Curve while a passing eastbound climbs the grade to... (more)
With a solid string of autoracks on the drawbar, UP 6015 and an older UP SD70M are working upgrade through Sullivan's Curve on a beautiful clear morning in Cajon Pass.
Specially painted kodachrome ATSF 5394, which is sporting white lettering, yellowbonnet ATSF 5400, and kodachrome ATSF 5401 rest in San Bernardino yard. Later in the day, these three locomotives w... (more)
With a couple of EMD units in charge, a northbound UP empty rail train works upgrade through Canyon on UP's Mojave Subdivision, located above the adjacent BNSF main tracks 1 and 2 in Cajon Pass.
Early morning light in Cajon Pass greets an eastbound BNSF doublestack train as it charges upgrade through Sullivan's Curve on main track 1 of the BNSF Cajon Subdivision.
Bringing up the rear of a UP manifest freight as the sole DPU, this recently outshopped UP SD70ACe looks fantastic in its new paint as it climbs Cajon Pass through the Sullivan's Curve area on mai... (more)
Westbound on the Palmdale cutoff, a Union Pacific Z, Containers, TOFC, drift downhill around Sullivans Curve.
Lite helper set of power descending Cajon Pass steep South main track near old station site of Gish
Eastbound BNSF Z, Stacks and TOFC take main 3, in the foreground, to get around a much slower eastbound mixed manifest crawling up main 2. Main 1 is open for a westbound.
Eastbound BNSF Z, Stacks and TOFC take main 3, in the foreground, to get around a slower eastbound crawling up main 1. Main 2 is open for westbounds.
Union Pacific helpers UP 3648 and UP 3467 are shoving hard on a westbound coal train at the Frost Crossover on Cajon Pass. Underneath the helpers in the distance is the headend of the train as it ... (more)
BNSF No.8099 leads an eight engine headend with a Mixed Manifest through the former site of tunnel 2. Snow still covers Wrightwood in late April.
Westbound Union Pacific mixed manifest swings around Sullivans Curve on the Palmdale Cutoff bound for Colton.
Eastbound BNSF ES44DC No. 7238 on main 1, meets westbound UP SD70ACe No. 8826 on main 2 with a mixed manifest, while on main 3 a BNSF stack is just clearing HWY 138 overpass.
BNSF 3948 leads a westbound stack train down main 2 as it heads into Sullivan's Curve.
Just after sunrise at Sullivan's Curve finds BNSF's ZLACCHI working up Cajon.
Westbound Union Pacific Mixed Manifest's DPU on the Palmdale Cutoff, meets eastbound BNSF Z Double Stack, TOFC power in the heart of Sullivans Curve.
Climbing eastbound on the Palmdale Cutoff, Union Pacific Mixed Manifest heads towards Sullivans Curve.
Santa Fe 8730 leads a trio of Chessie and B&O pool power westbound through the San Bernardino yards, while in the distance a westbound Southern Pacific freight is crossing the concrete bridge as i... (more)
A beautiful clear morning in Cajon Pass finds a westbound Union Pacific doublestack train descending the grade on main track #2 of the BNSF Cajon Subdivision, while an uphill train passes on main ... (more)
Westbound Union Pacific TOFC drifts down the Palmdale Cutoff, while charging eastbound up into Sullivans Curve is a BNSF Z Double stack, TOFC.
Tattooed BNSF No.7186 leads eastbound Auto Racks across Cajon Creek as it approaches Cajon Crossovers.
Eastbound stacks Climb through a very lush Swarthout Canyon, on a beautiful spring day.
The hills are green this spring in Cajon Pass after a good rainfall this winter. A long string of containers are headed eastbound from the Port Of Long beach through Blue Cut. It is named for the ... (more)
A empty UP auto rack bound for storage in Nevada works through Sullivan's as it climbs Cajon.
4 units march up Cajon at Sullivan's Curve with eastbound train QLACNSA in tow.
Fresh UP paint brings up the rear of the West Colton to North Platte manifest as it works up Cajon Pass at Sullivan's Curve.
A hot Santa Fe westbound intermodal train approaches Devore, at the base of southern California's Cajon Pass, on October 27th, 1990. The train is being pulled by three new "elephant-style&qu... (more)
"Big Jacks" Heading for Cajon ... And RetirementOn a bright April 1980 day, an eastbound Union Pacific freight climbs out of San Bernardino as it approaches the steep grades of Cajo... (more)
The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F AMTK 518 and AMK 517, is rolling westbound around the Caliente Curve towards Bakersfield. I rode the entir... (more)
The View Before the Turnout on Hwy. 138 Got Crowded - An eastbound stack train on Main #1 (far left) passes a westbound stack train on Main #2 waiting out the light at CP Summit (middle) wh... (more)
U-Boat at SummitAn eastbound Santa Fe freight, led by U33C 8767 and a quartet of GP35s, crests the summit of southern California's Cajon Pass in March 1979.
Leaving the floor of the Antelope Valley Union Pacific's westbound MWCRVB labors up Ansel Hill north of Rosamond under the early morning sun. US&S searchlights still protected Ansel on St. Patrick... (more)
Morning trains on the BNSF east bound at Cajon Pass
UP Tier4 2623 leads a southbound Q train down the Palmdale Cutoff above Blue Cut.
UP 2660 north works up the Palmdale Cutoff above Blue Cut as it climbs Cajon Pass.
BNSF stack train descending Cajon Pass on main 2 in the midst of a "Godzilla" El Nino winter in California.
BNSF east bound at Cajon Pass
Coal for KaiserIt takes eight SD40-2s to bring Union Pacific's coal train over Cajon Pass as it heads for the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. Cresting the Summit in April... (more)
Santa Fe ... And Amtrak?Cresting Cajon Pass’ summit is a Santa Fe eastbound, powered by GP35 2850, GP35 2822, a GP30, another GP35 and GP30 2702. Just behind the power is Amtrak ... (more)
Rather clean consist of GE's powers this LACWSP up Cajon Pass on Main 3. Mt. San Antonio and the Mormon Rocks are scene in the background.
Sunny Snow Day on Cajon...A Santa Fe westbound rounds the curve into Cajon, in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass, on a snowy January day in 1988. The train has five aut... (more)
Eastbound stacks out of the Long Beach harbor pass under the signal bridge at Silverwood.
4 units lead the eastbound ZSBDALT up track 3 as it nears Silverwood.
Santa Fe GP60M #146 was painted in the Maersk scheme and given a matching set of containers for use in a promotional film.
New BNSF 4258 leads a westbound San Bernardino bound Q train down Cajon Pass near Pine Lodge.
CREX 1406 west is on point this morning as they pass Swarthout Canyon Road.
Nearing the top of the climb up the east side of Cajon Pass, CREX 1406 west passes Martinez just about a mile from Summit.
BNSF 7395 and some relatively clean GE power this 8060 foot Z7 up Cajon Pass on Main 1.
An eastbound Southern Pacific train exits Cajon Pass and adds more of the ubiquitous Cajon brake shoe smoke to the atmosphere of Devore, California.
60 cars of California produce have begun their journey to east coast markets as they descend Cajon Pass at Devore, California.
The Daily M-LACBAR3-6A makes its way up the 2.2% grade of Cajon Pass
A beautiful winter morning in Cajon Pass finds an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train climbing the grade on main track 1 of the Cajon Subdivision while UP MOW forces go about their work on th... (more)
Working upgrade near Hill 582 on main track 1 of the Cajon Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight with a Tier 4 leader makes easy effort tackling the climb up Cajon Pass while a track gan... (more)
20 Years ago today on February 1, 1996 a tragic derailment occurred here that took the life of two railroaders, Gil Ortiz and Kevin Williams "The two lower crosses". The tall middle cross is for... (more)
Eastbound Los Angeles to Kansas City train 893 was climbing Cajon Pass at Blue Cut.
An eastbound BNSF stack train, with 2 units up front and 2 DPU's, did not have the 2.5HP per ton required for the trip up Cajon, so the helpers were called upon. Today that was BNSF ACe #8750 and ... (more)
Eastbound Santa Fe freight train climbing Cajon Pass east of Alray.
Early morning out in the high desert along the BNSF Cajon Subdivision in Hesperia finds a westbound BNSF stack train preparing to descend Cajon Pass as it heads toward Los Angeles with a newer GE ... (more)
Westbound UP intermodal train using Santa Fe trackage rights beginning the climb up the east approach to Cajon Pass at Frost
UP 2600 ET45AH leads a Brooklyn Z train up the Palmdale Cutoff as its approaches Hiland "Summit" in Cajon Pass.
A newer "Tier 4" leads the charge today as the LACWSP chugs up Cajon Pass on Main 3.
Everybody Needs at Least One Every self respecting railroad photographer needs at least one decent shot at Sullivan's Curve. Whether you love Cajon or hate it no railfan can den... (more)
Its just a month old and this lightly dusted Tier 4 rolls down Cajon Pass and into San Bernardino with its 5951' Salt Lake intermodal bunched up.
BNSF 8273 is on point today, as the LACNYC charges up Cajon Pass 3% Grade "Main 3" with ease.
BNSF to the rescue again....BNSF 7562 leads the Amtrak #3 Southwest Chief as he rolls down Cajon Pass on Main 3. It's only running 3 1/2 hours late today.
Amidst the ever expanding urban landscape of Southern California the seemingly timeless sound of a hard working eastbound freight pierces the afternoon air in Redlands, CA on the western slope of ... (more)
Making good time on its trip down Cajon Pass, a southbound UP manifest freight approaches Canyon siding on the Union Pacific Mojave Subdivision.
Leaving the mountains that form Cajon Pass behind it, a Union Pacific mixed freight from Roseville to West Colton descends the grade into the San Bernardino area as it approaches Dike on the UP Mo... (more)
With Main 3 blocked by the LACNYC, Main 2 will have to work today for the 6+ hour late Southwest Chief #3.
