At the summit, preparing to drop down Cajon Pass into the L.A. basin, two SD45-2s, a Kodachrome SD45, and a Kodachrome F45 provide all the horsepower and braking needed.

On a gloomy day in southern California's Cajon Pass, seven Santa Fe diesels break out of heavy cloud cover and into the sunlight as they round the last curve and arrive at Summit on October 27, 19... (more)

Three D&RGW SD45's power a loaded Kaiser coal train passing the station sign at Summit and destined for the (closed in the early 1980's) Kaiser Steel Mill at Fontana, CA. The Union Pacific worked ... (more)

Eastbound BNSF at Summit CA

A helper set drifts down Cajon Pass.

ABBA set East of Summit

Almost to Summit.

A UP 6000 hp GE gets help from two unpatched CNW locos and an SD60M on a stack train.

Union Pacific ran tests with early RoadRailer equipment in 1981, and the test train is seen here leaving the Los Angeles, CA, basin.

Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 501 leads train #36, the eastbound "Desert Wind," over Cajon Pass, CA, on December 12, 1991.

Santa Fe GP30 3265 (ex-1265) and a B&O GP40 assist UP 43 on an empty Kaiser coal train as it ascends California’s Cajon Pass just west of Summit on October 1, 1979.

Santa Fe Railway's train 891, the Super C, heads eastward to Chicago as it crests Cajon Pass' Summit as it departs southern California on a snowy December 30, 1974. A quartet of SD45-2s, l... (more)

A quartet of Santa Fe SD39s, lead by 1565 (ex-4017), breaks out of the cloudy valley below as it crests Cajon Pass's Summit heading east on November 9th, 1985.

A couple of ATSF employees enjoying a day at the "office".

3 speed lettered SP locos are about to head down the 2.2% grade down Cajon Pass