UP 8556, 2182 and 2664 with an eastbound freight.

BNSF 575, 335, 135, 113, 8730 and 529 with an eastbound freight just before reaching the summit.

Desert Desolation

Heading west, Santa Fe SD40-2 5031 leads its train as it descends Cajon Pass on January 18, 1985. This location was dubbed "Stein's Hill" for the late, i... (more)

At the Mormon Rocks, a westbound Union Pacific intermodal train descends the Cajon Pass as it passes by the Southern Pacific lettered bridge over CA-138 on the Palmdale Cutoff (UP Mojave Sub).

A northbound intermodal train makes its way up the Palmdale Cutoff at Canyon on the UP Mojave Subdivision.

The Last Days of the Highway Turnout at Summit - The BARWAT crosses over from Main #3 to Main #2 at CP Summit for the decent down the Cajon Pass on it's way to the Watson Yard near the harb... (more)

Koi Fish at Swarthout Canyon Road - A decade ago a railran was hard pressed to see a BNSF EMD SD70 ACe rolling down the hill into the Los Angeles basin. While UP brought this model into ... (more)

Highway 138 Construction - A Freightliner daycab with a lowboy trailer sit next to the roadway on the west side of Highway 138 near the turnoff to Hill 582 in the Cajon Pass. CalTrans is ... (more)

A pair of engines in fresh SPSF paint, the 5346 and F45 # 5975 along with SD45 #5322 in traditional blue and yellow head Eastbound early in the morning.

Santa Fe 8061 5996 5512 8033 make there way up Cajon Pass.

With the servicing stop near Cajon Junction, UP 4014 leads Big Boy 4014 and the UP steam program's support cars upgrade toward the towering Mormon Rocks as the massive 4-8-8-4 continues on its jou... (more)

A westbound SP train was climbing Cajon Pass between the sidings of Canyon and Dike.

Southern Pacific 8556 leads a pair of Santa Fe and a pair of Union Pacific engines Eastbound down Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff approaching Canyon Siding.

BNSF power leads this westbound UP detour train off the Sunset Route down Cajon Pass on main 3.

CREX 1427 brings up the rear of this westbound SLPKSCO near Pine Lodge on main 2.