Late afternoon sun illuminates a Los Angeles-bound BNSF stack train on Cajon Pass's oldest alignment.

A not uncommon site in Cajon Pass; a quartet of BNSF-liveried GE's breaks the morning calm with an eastbound stack train.

SP SD70M's 9801 and 9822 along with another EMD product pull hard as they lead their train through Cajon Pass about to cross Swartout Canyon Rd.

Priority intermodal hotshot for the Santa Fe. This train was getting ready to assault Cajon Pass. Here its seen passing the local railfan establishment.

Four GEVO's that would benefit from some slightly more UV resistant paint lead a manifest down through Blue Cut, the majority of Cajon Pass's step gradients behind them.

The calmness of the early morning air is shattered as a BNSF GEVO with fading paint leads a train of loaded auto-racks uphill in the lower reaches of Cajon Pass.

Office of the SP train order operator. The ends were painted white so approaching trains would not mistake them for an active caboose.

A heavily-laden stack train heads towards the newly risen sun as it gets to grips with the challenge of climbing Cajon Pass. The shadows will have shortened substantially by the time the train rea... (more)

Overview of the area below Summit (Cut)

DD40X 6906 and 6927 with a westbound freight on the old 3 % track.

SD 45 9032 shoves hard at the rear of a long SP Freight at Silverwood

SD 45 5589 leads a westbound down the old 3% track to San Bernardino. Engines are SD45, SD45-2, SD26, SD26.

ATSF GP35 3334 leads a westbound freight down the old 3% south track. Above this train, a eastbound freight battles up the 2.2% grade toward summit. In the distance, near summit, there is visible ... (more)

Glowing Drivers - The 80 inch drive wheels of AT&SF 3751 glow in the late afternoon sun on warm May evening in Southern California. On this day, #3751 had come out to the depot at San Bernardino ... (more)

UP westbound heads down on the 3 % track towards San Bernardino.