Morning trains on the BNSF east bound at Cajon Pass

UP Tier4 2623 leads a southbound Q train down the Palmdale Cutoff above Blue Cut.

UP 2660 north works up the Palmdale Cutoff above Blue Cut as it climbs Cajon Pass.

BNSF stack train descending Cajon Pass on main 2 in the midst of a "Godzilla" El Nino winter in California.

BNSF east bound at Cajon Pass

Coal for Kaiser

It takes eight SD40-2s to bring Union Pacific's coal train over Cajon Pass as it heads for the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. Cresting the Summit in April... (more)

Santa Fe ... And Amtrak?

Cresting Cajon Pass’ summit is a Santa Fe eastbound, powered by GP35 2850, GP35 2822, a GP30, another GP35 and GP30 2702. Just behind the power is Amtrak ... (more)

4 units lead the eastbound ZSBDALT up track 3 as it nears Silverwood.

Santa Fe GP60M #146 was painted in the Maersk scheme and given a matching set of containers for use in a promotional film.

New BNSF 4258 leads a westbound San Bernardino bound Q train down Cajon Pass near Pine Lodge.

Everybody Needs at Least One

Every self respecting railroad photographer needs at least one decent shot at Sullivan's Curve. Whether you love Cajon or hate it no railfan can den... (more)

Eastbound Los Angeles to Chicago train 811 climbing Cajon Pass with San Gabriel mountains in distance.

A set of SD24’s led by 949 makes its way past one of the most famous locations in railroading, the 3829-foot Summit of Cajon Pass, before dropping down the 3 percent grade to the LA Basin on Sep... (more)

3 repainted EMD's lead a detouring AGBML down Cajon Pass on the steep 3% south track.

Drifting down the Cajon grade a load of continuously welded rail trail a pair of EMD SD70Ms on the former SP Palmdale-Colton cutoff. This is roughly MP 473 on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision be... (more)