First, some background: Mormon Rocks in San Bernardino County, California, are stunning, steeply tilted Miocene-age sandstone formations located near the intersection of I-15 and Hwy 138 in the C... (more)

Meets, such as this, are not unusual at Cajon Pass' Summit.

On Track 1 (on the left) is eastbound BNSF train S-LHGALT1-19A, carrying intermodal containers from Long Beach CA to Allian... (more)

Cresting the summit of southern California's Cajon Pass is Union Pacific manifest (freight) train M-WCNP01-20M, which originated at West Colton Yard in Colton (roughly 30 miles [48.25 km] from her... (more)

Southern California’s Cajon Pass after a winter storm is a beautiful place as the San Gabriel Mountains on the Pass’ west side get covered in snow. And this view at the BNSF Railway’s 3,770... (more)

Winding around the S-curve at Cajon Pass' Mormon Rocks is a westbound BNSF intermodal train. Leading this train are ES44AC 5763, Dash 9-44CW 5173 and ES44C4 6902, with midtrain DPUs Dash 9-44CWs ... (more)

It's a Summit Meeting

It was a busy day at Summit on Cajon Pass, as exemplified by BNSF Railway Container Intermodal S-LHGALT1-19A, with ES44C4 6980, Dash 9-44CW 5113, ES4... (more)

The hottest train on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the Super C piggyback train, crests the summit of Cajon Pass on a snowy March morning. This piggyback train has a faster schedu... (more)

Climbing southern California's Cajon Pass is BNSF train L-CAL0121-20, a local that originated at Kaiser on Metrolink's San Gabriel Sub, and is heading for BNSF's yard in Barstow. Powering this tr... (more)

Southern California's Cajon Pass sees about 100 trains per day, from both BNSF Railway and Union Pacific (plus two Amtrak trains per day as well), and they tend to be long, heavy freights necessit... (more)

Heading up the west side of Cajon Pass, and about to enter the first of two tunnels at Alray, is an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway intermodal train, pulled by ATSF GP50 3822, SF30C 9504 (ex-U3... (more)

A crew member on a westbound Union Pacific loaded coal train stands ready to inspect the upcoming eastbound Amtrak train it is meeting at Cajon, in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass. ... (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)

BNSF Railway vehicle train V-VAUSBD1-16A crosses from Main 3 to Main 2 as it crests the summit of Cajon Pass, and begins its final leg to San Bernardino's B-Yard Vehicle Facility. This train orig... (more)

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)