A heavy snowfall hit the mountains of southern California on January 28, 1979. Snow was falling in much of the San Gabriel Valley (I saw flakes falling in Pomona) and in the city of San Bernardin... (more)

A quartet of SD45s – 2 from Union Pacific (3646 and another 3628) and 2 from Rio Grande (5327 and 5338) – grind up Cajon Pass with an empty coal train, headed back to Utah. Rio Grande SD45s w... (more)

BNSF 6910 starts down Cajon Pass as it pass through Silverwood as the sun draws closer to the mountain peaks behind the photographer.

BNSF 3273 leads an eastbound train up Cajon Pass as twilight begins to fade to darkness.

A pair of BNSF Dash 9-44CWs, 5305 (built in June 2001) and 4808 (built in July 1998, and wrecked in Jackson MS in July 2005) lead an automobile train downgrade through Blue Cut, in the lower reach... (more)

NS 3667 leads a FedEx trailer train down Cajon pass.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway baretable train rounds the curve at Cajon Campground and approaches the Swarthout Road grade crossing as it nears Blue Cut in the lower part of Cajon Pass. ... (more)

Nearly two hours after BNSF train Q-NWHLAC6-30 stopped about six-miles east of Summit, due to chronic Positive Train Control (PTC) and Trip Optimizer programming failures, the train arrives at Caj... (more)

Consider the length of BNSF train Z-LACWSP9-05L, which is visible in the distance as it rounds the much-photographed curve at Cajon Pass’ Summit, and that fact that this train is carrying hundre... (more)

After a series of stops due to issues with the locomotives’ Positive Train Control (PTC) and Trip Optimizer programming, BNSF train Q-NWHLAC6-30 was able to get the systems working all right and... (more)

Bringing up the rear of BNSF Railway train Q-NWHLAC6-30 is one of the railway’s ten 25th Anniversary engines, in this case ES44AC 6075. And someone who assigns power didn’t follow the edict t... (more)

On a cold morning at the summit an eastbound freight storms up with a awesome quartet of unusual power.

It’s a bit of a cheat, but sometimes the best shot of a train is on the rear, particularly if the Distributed Power Units are facing rearward. Such was the case with Union Pacific train WELYUZ-... (more)

Dwarfed by Cajon Pass’ Mormon Rocks is Union Pacific train WELYUZ-20, a work train (a solid train of Herzog ballast cars) traveling from Elsey CA to Yuma AZ. Overnight and early morning snow st... (more)

One of Cajon Pass’ iconic locations is the big curve that leads eastbound trains in Summit. Following a snowing night, BNSF Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-SBDWSP9-25 (San Bernardino CA to ... (more)