As BNSF train M-BARSBD1-09A (Regular Merchandise; Barstow CA to San Bernardino CA) passes through Cajon at 9:07 am, much of the snow that was here earlier in the morning has melted. This train, m... (more)

Rolling through Blue Cut is Union Pacific ore train OTNLB 01, which originated in Trona (in California's Mojave Desert) and is headed for the Port of Long Beach. Nine-month-old ES44AC 8089 leads ... (more)

Climbing Cajon Pass, and passing through Cajon (the location of the old Santa Fe depot in the heart of the Pass), is BNSF Railway H-WATBAR9-27, "High Priority Merchandise" heading from W... (more)

Yesterday, the Beach ... Today, the Desert!

Rounding the iconic curve leading to Cajon Pass' Summit is BNSF Officer Special train O-THDTHD2-01A, which originated in Thenar... (more)

BNSF intermodal train S-LBELPK1-15L is already rounding Cajon Pass' Sullivan's Curve, but the rear Distributed Power Units, BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 715 and 4016, are just now rounding the curve leading ... (more)

Climbing upgrade and about to crest Cajon Pass' Summit is Union Pacific train MWCNP-02 (but, as it is operating upon BNSF Railway's Cajon Sub, its BNSF symbol is F-MWCNP01-02M). This train depart... (more)

Union Pacific 6097 with a power move. Overtakes a nice looking Santa Fe SD45-2 5807 coming down Cajon Pass.

A couple Union Pacific SD60M's sandwich a CNW SD60 as they pull a K-Line stack train up Cajon Pass.

One-month-old Santa Fe Railway SD40-2 5143 leads a westbound freight through Blue Cut as it parallels Cajon Creek. Teamed with 5143 are F45 5904, C30-7 8025 and SD45 5599. (Cajon Pass, Californi... (more)

A quartet of BNSF Railway General Electric diesels bring an intermodal train down Cajon Pass. Nothing unusual about that. But snow had fallen in the Pass’ higher elevations, and that’s alway... (more)

BNSF Railway ES44C4 7139 (along with ES44C4 6598 and ES44DC 7249) leads Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-WSPSBD7-04L through the hamlet of Blue Cut at sunset as it moves down Cajon Pass on its ... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific piggyback train descends Cajon Pass headed for Los Angeles behind SD40 3111, DD35B 93B, DD35B 85B and a GP30B. (Cajon Pass, California – November 25, 1973)

As Union Pacific train UP MWCNP-16 (a West Colton CA to North Platte NE manifest) climbs Cajon Pass on BNSF Cajon Sub's Main 1, BNSF High Priority Freight H-BARSDG3-16A, running a mere 15½ hours ... (more)

BNSF Railway Intermodal Stack train S-LBELPK1-15L, heading from Long Beach CA to Logistics Park in Kansas City KS, is a 168-car, 14,551-foot, 15,052-ton train. The train has BNSF 7550, 5417, 7163... (more)

An eastbound train headed by BNSF 5146 and a track inspector hold on BNSF mains 1 and 2 while a Union Pacific auto train crosses over from BNSF main 2 to the Palm Dale cutoff.