One of 4 SP GP40X's leading a West (by timetable), North (by destination), East (by compass) on the Colton-Palmdale cutoff. At this point the cutoff was still a dark railroad and Hiland had a trai... (more)

UP 72 east climbing Cajon Pass at MP 58X near Alray station

A Eastbound stack train is just about to crest the Summit of Cajon Pass.

Eastbound UP hotshot Cajon Pass MP58 near Alray station with experimental horn speaker on cab roof

For a first time visitor to this part of the country this was candy to my eyes.Sure glad that I made it there before they all faded or were painted orange.Santa Fe Dash 9's lead an eastbound TO... (more)

The A-B-A set of DD35's are heading east, about to start the descent to Barstow

York Canyon to Kaiser Steel unit coal train

A Union Pacific eastbound stack train, behind 7764, 7796 and 5224 (and with 7737 shoving on the rear, barely visible in the background), is just about to crest the summit of Cajon Pass on a snowy ... (more)

A BNSF Railway double-stack train from Alliance, TX, passes over the summit of Cajon Pass on its way to the southern California ports. In charge of the train today are BNSF ES44DC 7586, Union Pac... (more)

Crossing over to the middle of the three mainlines, BNSF train G-FANWAT7-16A, seen here at the Summit of Califrornia's Cajon Pass, is a unit ethanol train that originated in Fairmont, NE and is bo... (more)

Its climb up Cajon Pass is just about complete, as Summit lies just around the curve. BNSF train Z-LACWSP9-20L, in the charge of five big GEs, has a lot more winter weather to encounter before it... (more)

The Summit of southern California's Cajon Pass is covered in a blanket of snow a few days after a big winter storm, as a Willow Springs, IL, to San Bernardino, CA, BNSF intermodal train begins its... (more)

With the rear of the train visible in the distance, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train rounds the curve into Summit a few days after a massive (for southern California) snowstorm blanketed Cajon P... (more)

Picture is looking west at a eastbound manifest passing through Cajon pass summit

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