Full Frontal GEVO [Friday the 13th Series] - BNSF 7735 rounds the corner on Main #3 near Hill 582 as it leads a Westbound double stack down the pass towards the Los Angeles basin.
Colorful containers and three H2 Dash 9's bring the desert and mountain terrain to life on Cajon Pass.
In two years, my oh my how things have changed... A Dash 9, an Oakway SD60 and a RCL SD40-2 lead an empty stack train down the 3% on Cajon Pass... The Oakways are now leased all over to shortlines... (more)
BNSF 7582 and 7 others (5 powered, 3 in tow) pull a stack/pig train near Hill 582 w/ the snow covered San Gabriel's in the background.
With the dynamics in full, BNSF's daily "Barstow to Kaiser Yard" manifest works its way down Cajon Pass approaching the railfan friendly Hill 582. This, days after a near record 10" early season s... (more)
Four GE's lug a Westbound manifest down the 2% and into the low July setting sun.
Three. Three trains are in view at one time as viewed from Hill 582 on a hot Summer afternoon on the Pass.
Count em... Seven! Seven varieties of General Electric locomotives hold back a heavy stack train as it descends Cajon Pass on a blistering Summer afternoon.
The Westbound 'Daygo' descends Cajon Pass, on the steep 3% grade with a new Swooshed-out ES44DC leading. Mucho thanks go out to Lowell Amrine for the awesome tour!
Anyone know what this is? Looks to be some kind of booster. This is car 12 on a 16 car manifest up the 3% track on Cajon, sure did catch my eye.
An empty trailer train decends the 3% grade on the south track, shown splitting a cut in the rocks at Hill 582.
