The morning of June 27th an officer's special for the Union Pacific traveled from Las Vegas, NV through California on its way east to Council Bluffs, IA. I took advantage of a day off and start... (more)

A BNSF double stack train approaches Hill 582

A BNSF intermodal train crosses a bridge at Mormon Rocks with the UPRR Palmdale Cutoff in the foreground.

A pair of BNSF ES44s lead the GREX conveyor train past Mormon Rocks on the famous Cajon Pass

A northbound manifest makes its way through Phelan after having climbed out of the Cajon Pass.

UP ISCLB rounds the S-curve at Phelan behind 1983.

UP 8006 leads an empty windmill train northbound on the Palmdale Cutoff between Phelan and Wash on the Mojave Sub.

A BNSF OCS descends Cajon toward San Bernadino while I waited for ATSF 3751 to ascend Cajon.

ATSF 3751 approaches the summit of Cajon in a view watched by hundreds of railfans.

A BNSF OCS "races" a southbound UP mixed freight on the Palmdale Cutoff as they both approach Blue Cut on famous Cajon Pass. Train traffic was plenty as we all waited for ATSF 3751 to come up fro... (more)

Rage on, you magnificent beast with your two siblings. The "toasters" are coming and a consist like this is will soon be moving from uncommon to rare. Eastbound and looking good.

Easing down the pass "the short way" with the latest in "toasters" this pig train has the flanges squealing and dynamic brakes going full bore.

Early morning along the Palmdale cutoff finds a Oakland California, to Spring Texas auto train racing across the Mojave Desert near Phelan with a concest like it was 1999 all over again. UP SD90ma... (more)

Union Pacific exercises their trackage rights over BNSF as a 59th Street bound intermodal passes through the Mormon Rocks area and over Cajon Creek with a mix of an ES44AC, two variations of SD70M... (more)

BNSF's Southern California Christmas Train Trip Two takes the S Curve just before slipping under Route 138 in Wrightwood, as it makes its way over Cajon Creek in world famous Cajon Pass. The train... (more)