Running on the south track on Cajon Pass, the westbound Desert Wind is two hours into its journey from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City/Chicago.
Viewed from across a cut on the south track om Cajon Pass, a westbound Santa Fe train with 26 piggyback flats descends the Pass on the north track at 12:08 pm.
My friends and I found Cajon to be a somewhat frustrating place. After getting the “easy” locations, we started to set up at the less-accessible spots. In this case, we were ready for trains ... (more)
An Alliance, TX to Port of LA stack train heads by Mormon Rocks with a short consist of containers for export. On the left, MPWWC works their way down the Palmdale Cutoff.
An eastbound Q train races the Z-SBDALT9 up Cajon Pass in the mid morning.
A quartet of road units lead an eastbound Z train up and over Cajon Pass.
DPUs on an eastbound S train race northbound UP MWCOG up Cajon Pass.
A Pier T to Logistics Park, IL S train heads upgrade as they race the MWCOG towards Silverwood.
MWCOG heads up the Palmdale Cutoff as they approach Silverwood, where they'll switch to the BNSF Cajon Sub below.
An eastbound Z passes Hill 582 in the midst of a parade of trains on Cajon Pass.
Z-LACCHI heads around the bend as they work their way up Cajon Pass in the early morning.
Eastbound autos head upgrade towards Summit with an SD70ACe leader.
In the sun at the summit, while clouds and mist shroud the mountains to the west.
A nice surprise in the form of a warbonnet leader brings an over 13,000 foot, 15,000 ton S-LPCSCO3 down Cajon Pass. With 4 units up front and 3 in the middle, this massive consist was still able t... (more)