Eastbound stacks work through Blue Cut at first light.

Just that morning, BNSF 7515 lead a hot Z9 down Cajon pass. Now with the light almost gone, BNSF 7515 leads a Kansas City bound Z train up the hill.

A westbound stack train glides down the pass with the sound of dynamic braking keep this stack train under control.

Four GEs chug at notch 8 as the engines roar with life, moving slowly up Cajon Pass with a heavy 10,000Ft stack train.In the meantime, a downhill moves easily in the background.

A LA harbor bound stack train heads down the hill as the sound of 3 GEs in dynamics break the sounds of dogs braking from the house across the street.

brand new Santa Fe 100 makes it's first eastbound trip out of Los Angeles, CA leading train 2-891 up Cajon Pass at Blue Cut, CA.

I was really lucky to get a Kodachrome on the front of this eastbound at the now-gone tunnel.

I was really lucky to get a Kodachrome on the front of this eastbound.

Dynamic brakes are whining on this priority westbound as it descends with a CF-7 in tow.

The units were everday but the work train was a rare critter on Cajon, from my experience. This one was heading east but I didn't find where they actually worked.

On November 13, 2010, BNSF Railway G-RAVWAT7-06A (loaded ethanol, Ravenna NE to Watson CA) rounds the curve approaching Swarthout Road, just east of Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. Power for this train i... (more)

There always seem to be cars with families enjoying the mountains where Swarthout Road crosses the BNSF Railway mainline in the Blue Cut area of Cajon Pass. Perhaps that is why the railroad has s... (more)

westbound Amtrak Las Vega Special passing through Blue Cut, CA on Cajon Pass

A late running Amtrak train #3 decends Cajon Pass near Blue Cut in the very early morning.

Westbound stacks pass through Blue Cut with what looks like 4 head end units. Not so, the train lost its 2 DP units near Barstow and manned helpers were added in Victorville for the decent down Ca... (more)