On a bright … and warm (94ºF/34.5ºC) … day, BNSF Railway vehicle train V-VAUSBD1-16A (Vaughn NM to San Bernardino CA) winds through the Mormon Rocks astride the San Andreas Fault in southern... (more)

Two intermodal trains are climbing toward Cajon Summit, but the BNSF train, Q-LACNWH6-19L, which appeared in the distance first, was quickly overtaken by Union Pacific Long Beach to Denver train Z... (more)

Descending Cajon Pass, but still at about 3000-feet of elevation, (or 914 meters), is westbound BNSF Railway train Z-LPKLAC6-16A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Logistics Park Kansas City KS to Los ... (more)

Running nearly three hours late, Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, descends Cajon Pass as it approaches its next stop, San Bernardino, 16 miles ahead. From there it isn’t to... (more)

The Chicago bound Southwest Chief makes its way up BNSF track 3 as an eastbound BNSF container train heads up Cajon Pass on BNSF track 2.

Santa Fe Alco RSD-15 "Alligator" 826 and three SD45s roar by Cajon station with the eastbound LAF on the Fourth of July 1967. Arrival at Chicago is scheduled 56 hours after its depar... (more)

This was an incredibly busy year but occasionally I got up to the pass for a day. These units were becoming more rare and I was happy to catch just a few.

As BNSF train M-BARSBD1-09A (Regular Merchandise; Barstow CA to San Bernardino CA) passes through Cajon at 9:07 am, much of the snow that was here earlier in the morning has melted. This train, m... (more)

Rolling through Blue Cut is Union Pacific ore train OTNLB 01, which originated in Trona (in California's Mojave Desert) and is headed for the Port of Long Beach. Nine-month-old ES44AC 8089 leads ... (more)

Climbing Cajon Pass, and passing through Cajon (the location of the old Santa Fe depot in the heart of the Pass), is BNSF Railway H-WATBAR9-27, "High Priority Merchandise" heading from W... (more)

Yesterday, the Beach ... Today, the Desert!

Rounding the iconic curve leading to Cajon Pass' Summit is BNSF Officer Special train O-THDTHD2-01A, which originated in Thenar... (more)

BNSF intermodal train S-LBELPK1-15L is already rounding Cajon Pass' Sullivan's Curve, but the rear Distributed Power Units, BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 715 and 4016, are just now rounding the curve leading ... (more)

Climbing upgrade and about to crest Cajon Pass' Summit is Union Pacific train MWCNP-02 (but, as it is operating upon BNSF Railway's Cajon Sub, its BNSF symbol is F-MWCNP01-02M). This train depart... (more)

Union Pacific 6097 with a power move. Overtakes a nice looking Santa Fe SD45-2 5807 coming down Cajon Pass.

A couple Union Pacific SD60M's sandwich a CNW SD60 as they pull a K-Line stack train up Cajon Pass.