Q-NYCLAC6 drifts downgrade passing the Mormon Rocks with a fairly rare for SoCal AC4400CW leading three more GEs and a train of NS interchange traffic bound for Hobart.

Union Pacific's Big Boy leads the westbound excursion down the Palmdale cutoff through Mormon Rocks.

SP 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 up Cajon Pass. Seeing three Milwaukee Road engines on a single train was rather rare in SoCal, so we ended up chasing this power consist all day.

The engineer on the UP 3544 west has invited my brother and fellow Railpictures contributor James to climb aboard and come visit in the cab, as my brother is on the front porch as I took this phot... (more)

Santa Fe 3807 leads a westbound manifest on the south track at Cajon Summit. The tower for the high voltage power lines is under construction on the right. A lot has changed at Cajon Summit sinc... (more)

The brakeman on the Union Pacific 3544 gets a friendly wave from the engineer on Santa Fe 5533 at Cajon Summit.

UP 3633 is about to duck under Highway 138 as it leads an eastbound empty coal train up Cajon Pass.

UP 3091 is stopped on the south main as it waits for the westbound Amtrak Desert Wind to run around it.

It is 8:25 in the morning as Santa Fe 5003, which has plenty of power, leads intermodal train 891 eastbound towards the summit of Cajon Pass. A beautiful, clear day to watch trains one week befor... (more)

SP 4449 has come to a stop with an overheated bearing after "racing" Union Pacific 4449 up Cajon Pass. After the situation was resolved, Extra 51 headed west towards Palmdale.

SP 4449 is heading up Cajon Pass towards Blue Cut as it "races" Union Pacific 8444. In some places on the pass one train would be ahead of the other, but in many places, the SP 4449 and UP 8444 w... (more)

UP 71 waits at Cajon Summit as the eastbound Amtrak Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special passes. Trains were backed up in both directions in order to let us pass through Summit. It ma... (more)

A BNSF ethanol train descends Cajon Pass just up from Sullivan's Curve.

A southbound Union Pacific freight descends Cajon Pass at Canyon Siding.

Union Pacific 3091 has stopped the the Summit on Cajon Pass in order to let the westbound Amtrak Desert Wind to run around it. After Amtrak has passed, 3091 will head down hill towards San Bernar... (more)