Just after sunrise finds 4 BNSF units working the last miles up Cajon Pass before reaching Summit at Silverwood.
Amtrak 156 East leads this 4 car special bound for Northern California as it passes Silverwood nearing the top of Cajon Pass.
Eastbound stacks out of the Long Beach harbor pass under the signal bridge at Silverwood.
BNSF Tier4 3967 leads a eastbound Q train between Summit and Silverwood, as a southbound UP grain empty slips down the Palmdale Cutoff in the distance.
2 dash 9's lead a eastbound empty baretable train up Cajon as it approaches Silverwood.
UP's Denver Z races up main 3 with the old 5610 on point this morning.
BNSF 6988 commands this Z9 east today, as they take Main 3 to Summit.
A freshly repainted ACe looks sharp as he leads his 129 car manifest up Cajon Pass.
The hot Z9 coming in at 7325' in length, makes quick work of the 2.2% grade of Cajon Pass. Mt. San Antonio can be seen in the background with a light dusting of snow on it.
Main 2 is blocked with MOW gangs, a heavy MWCNP-09 can be seen crawling up Main 1 and the Cutoff is not an option. Only track left is the steep Main 3. With plenty of power the hot Denver Z roars ... (more)
KCS 3997 East throttles as the trailing NS EMD's poor out a little smoke as the train nears Cajon Summit.
KCS 3997 leads a UP GE along with 2 NS EMD's on a eastbound intermodal as it nears the Summit of Cajon Pass.
Working up the steep main 3 on Cajon Pass, the eastbound ZSBDWSP with 2 GECX units works up the last mile to the Summit.
A set of 3 UP Tier4's lead a Roseville to West Colton manifest freight down the Palmdale Cutoff at Silverwood in the late afternoon.
BNSF ES44C4 #8191 and BNSF ES44DC #7374 leads a BNSF Stack Train through Hill 582.