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)

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)

Westbound symbol ZAUGSBD passes through Sullivan's curve behind BNSF 9028.

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

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)

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.

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.

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)