Pushing yet another EB freight. The 30s and 35s were almost boriing particularly in the 70s when a huge number of trains had consists of 5 or 6. How little we appreciate the commonplace until is... (more)

Pushing hard on an eastbound the helpers emerge from Tunnel 1 back when Cajon had tunnels and cabooses. Funny, I lived in San Bernardino for four years but the majority of my shots were taken whe... (more)

UP's West Colton to North Platte manifest grinds up Cajon Pass at Alray with 3 older GE's behind the lead unit, one of which is a ex Southern Pacific.

Fall colors are starting to show in Cajon Pass as early morning finds Eastbound stacks passing under the I-15 underpass at Alray.

Santa Fe eastbound Trash Special runs up Cajon Pass on the normal downbound main. Headed for Cadiz, it will wye and return late that same day.

Westbound on the Palmdale Cutoff with only four units, there must be a helper somewhere back there.

Kind of hard to shoot a swing helper on Palmdale Cutoff not coupled, sorry. Not a bad late-career TDY to my old stomping grounds. Wrapping up another career, I hope I get back again.

A chilly late afternoon in the upper reaches of Cajon Pass finds a northbound UP manifest freight on the former SP Palmdale Cutoff, passing above the now out of service Tunnel 1 on BNSF's Cajon Su... (more)

An F45 leads an eastbound intermodal train up the western slope of Cajon Pass.

Alray Tunnel #1 - 30 Years Ago. Santa Fe light power (two GP30s and three GP35s) move westbound on the North Track at Alray approaching the east portal to tunnel #1, the upper tunnel. This ... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5671 is just about to duck into the first of Cajon Pass' two tunnels.

Colorful catch on this afternoon westbound.

Union Pacific CA-10 caboose 25730 ducks into the first of the two tunnels at Alray on Cajon Pass as UP 3553 heads east out of southern California.

A Rio Grande Tunnel Motor leads a UP coal train downgrade through the tunnels at Alray in Cajon Pass, CA