A freshly repainted ACe looks sharp as he leads his 129 car manifest up Cajon Pass.
The hot Z9 coming in at 7325' in length, makes quick work of the 2.2% grade of Cajon Pass. Mt. San Antonio can be seen in the background with a light dusting of snow on it.
See Anyone You Know?Nothing brings out a multitude of railfans like a steam engine! As a Union Pacific passenger special, pulled by Challenger 3985 and the UP's trio of E9s, climbs... (more)
Eastbound Los Angeles to Chicago train 811 climbing Cajon Pass with San Gabriel mountains in distance.
Re-Routed UP Auto Train at East Siberia - [Plate 575] - An eastbound UP auto train rolls down the 20 mile and 1800 foot elevation change from the summit at Ash Hill to the abandon Route 66... (more)
KCS 3997 leads a UP GE along with 2 NS EMD's on a eastbound intermodal as it nears the Summit of Cajon Pass.
BNSF's Track Geometry train goes about it's work on Cajon Pass as it heads down main 3.
CREX 1212 begins the trip down Cajon Pass as it passes Summit.
SSW 6888 climbs Cajon Pass westbound at Canyon siding
ATSF 8787 and ATSF 8786 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, ATSF ... (more)
A set of SD24’s led by 949 makes its way past one of the most famous locations in railroading, the 3829-foot Summit of Cajon Pass, before dropping down the 3 percent grade to the LA Basin on Sep... (more)
Santa Fe 5916 is slowing down for a red signal at the Verdimont crossovers on Cajon Pass in order to let a hot intermodal Santa Fe train run around it.
Eastbound Santa Fe freight train climbing Cajon Pass at Blue Cut
Westbound Santa Fe train descending Cajon Pass near Cajon station.
3 repainted EMD's lead a detouring AGBML down Cajon Pass on the steep 3% south track.
Drifting down the Cajon grade a load of continuously welded rail trail a pair of EMD SD70Ms on the former SP Palmdale-Colton cutoff. This is roughly MP 473 on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision be... (more)
Situated 400 rail miles from Southern Pacific's MP 0.0 in San Francisco sits Oban, CA. Worlds away from the urban metropolis and seaside wharfs of San Francisco, Oban sits on the floor of the Moja... (more)
A westbound 3x2 loaded Ethanol train works through Frost as it climbs the east slope of Cajon Pass.
Working up the steep main 3 on Cajon Pass, the eastbound ZSBDWSP with 2 GECX units works up the last mile to the Summit.
2 flagless SD70's lead the Mojave Flyer down Cajon Pass as it heads for West Colton.
UP 2588 leads a southbound QRVWC down Cajon Pass. UP's newest tier4's have all been assigned to the I-5 route.
5 brand new UP ET45AH's lead a long West Colton to Roseville manifest up Cajon Pass about a mile south of Hiland on the Palmdale Cutoff.
Brand new UP 2657 leads a long West Colton to Roseville manifest up Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff at the old location of Davis Ranch.
Eastbound Santa Fe freight Devore Cajon Pass
Westbound Amtrak Engine #535 meets Eastbound UP 6923 at a siding outside of San Bernardino on the line towards Cajon Pass in May of 1979.
On the descent – This westbound Santa Fe intermodal train is near the end of the mountainous scenery of Cajon pass as it passes through Keenbrook, California. That doesn’t mean that the heavy ... (more)
Why do the best things always show up after the sun disappears? – In the era just before Santa Fe’s unsuccessful merger with the SP, and before Superfleet, it was uncommon to encounter matched... (more)
Westbound UP manifest descending Cajon Pass at Cajon station.
Eastbound Santa Fe Harbor train at "Cookie Ranch" curve below present day CP Walker on Cajon Pass between stations of Alray and Cajon.
Westbound Santa Fe auto parts train climbing east side of Cajon Pass through Hesperia.
A westbound Union Pacific unit of covered hoppers drifts downhill around the Mormon Rocks in Cajon pass.
A westbound Union Pacific mixed manifest slides down hill, entering into the famed Sullivans curve area of Cajon Pass.
Eastbound UP manifest climbing Cajon Pass approaching Devore.
BNSF 3990 shoves on the rear of this eastbound stack train as it rounds Sullivan's Curve.
Just west of Pine Lodge, BNSF 3894 W is found easing train QHOULAC down Main 1.
UP 8154 leads the ZBRLC down the Mojave Sub at Canyon as it descends Cajon Pass.
Working up the Palmdale Cutoff near the Swarthout Canyon crossing, UP 2582 north leads a Roseville bound freight up the Pass.
UP 1996 drifts downgrade past the Mormon Rocks with a Salt Lake City to West Colton manifest on the drawbar.
Eastbound UP freight climbing Cajon Pass near Alray siding.
Eastbound UP hotshot intermodal train descending Cajon Pass from Summit at Lugo
The sun has just risen as UP 1996 leads a Salt Lake City to West Colton manifest west through a very frosty Cajon Summit.
Brand new UP Tier4 2591 leads a Roseville to West Colton freight down Cajon Pass on the Mojave Sub at Canyon.
While BNSF's 2015 California Division Christmas Train lays over between its two runs (both from San Bernardino to Summit, 25 miles away atop Cajon Pass), the crew and volunteers eat lunch - except... (more)
In the late 2000s, BNSF Railway undertook the massive task of triple tracking southern California's Cajon Pass. This increased capacity on this vital link to Los Angeles (and the ports of L.A. an... (more)
On a clear Fall afternoon an eastbound empty ethanol train working its way up Cajon Pass meets a stack train headed in the opposite direction.
Working up Cajon Pass on BNSF rails at CP Walker, UP's Southern Pacific painted heritage unit 1996 leads the West Colton to Roper freight in early morning light.
Climbing eastbound, BNSF 6974 and mates lift double stacks around the curve into Summit.
An eastbound Z has plenty of power to lift the double stacks and TOFC around the curve into Summit.
BNSF Railway train M-BARWAT1-12A (Regular Merchandise; Barstow CA to Watson CA) departed Summit before our train (BNSF O-SBDSBD2-12A, the 2015 California Division Christmas Train) did, but as we a... (more)
The California version of the BNSF Christmas train passes through the area of the old Cajon train station.
UP 2581 heads down out of Cajon Pass between Keenbrook and Dike on the Mojave Sub.
Rolling westbound down through Mormon Rocks on the Palmdale cutoff to Colton.
Rolling westbound down the Palmdale cutoff to Colton, is road weary No, 8431 and mates.
2 brand new UP tier4's on their first southbound trip lead the Fresno to West Colton manifest on the Palmdale Cutoff at Canyon as it makes it's way down Cajon Pass.
The 2015 BNSF Christmas train with new Tier 4 compliant engines on each end . BNSF No. 3907, rolling the Christmas train westbound down the hill, passes a Union Pacific train stopped on the hill f... (more)
The 2015 BNSF Christmas train with new Tier 4 compliant engines on each end. BNSF No. 3907, leads the train westbound, down the hill from Summit back to San Bernardino.
The 2015 BNSF Christmas train with new Tier 4 compliant engines on each end. BNSF No. 3908, leads the train eastbound into Summit, where the train will then return westbound back to San Bernardino... (more)
The 2015 BNSF Christmas train with new Tier 4 compliant engines on each end. BNSF No. 3908, leads the train eastbound up the west side of Cajon Pass and into Sullivans Curve, sparkling in the morn... (more)
3 BNSF Tier4's lead a long San Bernardino bound Q train down the steep main 3 in Cajon Pass.
BNSF 3885 leads a eastbound Houston bound stack train up Cajon Pass as it nears Sullivan's Curve.
The 2015 BNSF Christmas train with new Tier 4 compliant engines on each end. No. 3908 and No. 3907 sparkle in the morning sun.
BNSF Railway's annual California Division Christmas Train lays over between its morning and afternoon runs on December 12th, 2015. This train, symboled O-SBDSBD2-12A, carries children in need fro... (more)
BNSF 3907 leads the return trip down Cajon Pass as the first round trip from San Bernardino to Summit raps up as the train passes hill 582.
Brand new BNSF 3908 leads the 2015 Christmas Train up Cajon Pass as it enters Sullivan's Curve.
Just below Pine Lodge in Cajon Pass, the BNSF's annual Southern California Christmas train glides down main track 1 of the Cajon Subdivision on its return trip to San Bernardino.
Passing through the cut near Summit in Cajon Pass, the BNSF's annual Southern California Christmas train will soon come to a stop in order for the crew to swap ends and head back down the pass for... (more)
A brand new ET44C4 engine brings up the rear of the BNSF Railway's Southern California Christmas train as it approaches Swarthout Canyon in Cajon Pass on a cold December morning.
The BNSF Railway's Southern California Christmas train charges east up Cajon Pass on a cold December morning near Blue Cut, this year featuring new ET44C4 engines on both ends of the consist.
A BNSF stack train races around the curve leading to Summit in Cajon Pass while in the background a Union Pacific stack train races up the Palmdale Cutoff. Of course racing is a relative term.
With a green light, a BNSF Z sweeps around the curve at Silverwood and descends westbound down Cajon Pass.
Climbing eastbound on Main 1 a BNSF Z makes its way up to the top of Cajon Pass.
From left to right are Main 3 the South track, the steeper westbound downhill track. Main 2 the newer, easier westbound track. Main 1 the predominate uphill eastbound track. The Union Pacific to B... (more)
Leading a mix of leased units and stacks, westbound BNSF No. 6978 drifts downhill along Swarthout Canyon Road.
So New You Can Smell the Paint - An newly repainted SD70ACe leads a stack train up the Cajon Pass on BNSF trackage on it's way to Dagget where it will head north towards Las Vegas and ultim... (more)
GEVO's at Pilgrim Hill - A westbound BARWAT manifest passes Pilgrim Hill in the Cajon Pass on a late fall afternoon in November. The BARWAT is the manifest drag that runs from the yard i... (more)
Snow on the higher elevations of the mountains surrounding Cajon pass as stacks climb eastbound to the summit.
Dawn breaks in Cajon Pass at Keenbrook. Eastbound Stacks climb the pass under threating clouds that have dumped snow at higher elevations.
A Late Southwest Chief - [Plate 550] - Running nine hours late, the Southwest Chief (Amtrak Train #3) rolls past Pilgrim Hill on Main #3 in the Cajon Pass on it's way to San Bernardino.
On its second day of service wearing its new Veterans paint scheme, Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit 90208 brings up the markers on Pacific Surfliner #774 as it nears the end of its run from... (more)
BNSF ES44C4 #8191 and BNSF ES44DC #7374 leads a BNSF Stack Train through Hill 582.
Union Pacific ES44AC #5372 along with 2 other UP AC4400CW's and a Downgraded AC6000 leads a UP Grain Train through Hill 582.
In the seventies DRGW UP and ATSF ran a joint UT to Kaiser Steel coal train with DRGW handing the train to UP at Provo then UP handed the train to ATSF at Barstow. From Barstow to Summit ATSF cut ... (more)
BNSF ES44C4 #6978 leads a Westbound Z-Train towards San Bernardino with a CitiRail GEVO, and 2 GECX Tier 4 Demonstrator GEVO's Trailing!
Eastbound UP empty grain train climbing Cajon Pass near Summit
2 Tier4's drag a SCO bound stack up the eastside of Cajon Pass at Martinez.
Westbound approaching Summit, CA on Cajon Pass.
Westbound SP train climbing Cajon Pass with snow covered San Gabriel Mountains in distance.
