The early morning sunrise greets Santa Fe 5068 as it crests the summit of Cajon Pass with an eastbound manifest.

Santa Fe 3282 rests on its side, the victim of a derailment just north of highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Note the front coupler has been completely snapped off. Heavy rain storms caused track damage... (more)

The engineer on Santa Fe 5350 proceeds very slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage and ATSF 3338,... (more)

A Santa Fe westbound has stopped on the shoe-fly around the wreck site near Cajon Summit. Heavy rains washed out the double main line, leaving the tracks hanging in the air above the washout. Sant... (more)

UP 8085 leads a westbound intermodal train towards the Summit in Cajon Pass.

Following the old alignment this EB train is about to reach the top of the grade. Photo by Robert Roll, from my collection.

Seen from the SP's Cutoff this EB pig train is grinding upgrade approaching Sullivan's Curve.

Good old days when work allowed some extracurricular excursions in the old stomping grounds. I haven't been back since they added more track except to fly over.

Four GEs battle the grade up Cajon Pass with the Z LACMEM as they pass through Mormon Rocks.

UP 6240 shoves on the rear of the ZLBDV at Cajon.

Going "the long way" an eastbound freight grinds upgrade with a nice selection of power, delightful after a streak of all yellow, all SD40-2s. Oh well, a little change is better than...... (more)

BNSF/UP over/under race up Cajon, always a sight to behold, this being just days after the Blue Cut fires that wreaked havoc in the area.

Santa Fe got snooty with their first SD40-2, seen here on a WB freight.

Santa Fe 3347, still in the old blue paint scheme, crests the summit of Cajon Pass with an eastbound intermodal train. This was back in the days when railfans could camp by the trees and tracks a... (more)

A pair of youngsters watch SP 8314 lead a westbound manifest over Cajon Summit, while westbound UP 3091 waits patiently for the westbound Amtrak Desert Wind to run around it. Don't worry, the chi... (more)