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  1. Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    On a brisk January morning in 1995, an eastbound Santa Fe doublestack train led by Dash8-40CW #818 in classic warbonnet colors pulls through Cajon Summit in Cajon Pass.
  2. Southern Pacific Takes the Cutoff - 1984

    Southern Pacific Takes the Cutoff - 1984

    Eastbound SP SD40T-2 #8268 leads its train down Cajon Pass on the PCC at Dike in 1984.
  3. SF #3751 & California Limited

    SF #3751 & California Limited

    On December 27, 1991, Santa Fe #3751 and the California Limited blast through the Mormon Rocks area of Cajon Pass on the first leg of a four day round trip excursion to Bakersfield.
  4. Heading for Blue Cut!

    Heading for Blue Cut!

    Santa Fe SD40-2 #5206 leads a westbound TOFC freight down the South Main of the Cajon Subdivision in 1990 in Cajon Pass. Solid sets of blue and yellow would become a rarity with the emergence of the "Super Fleet" red and silver warbonnets.
  5. BNSF Through Cajon Station

    BNSF Through Cajon Station

    In the late afternoon, BNSF Dash9-44CW #4831 leads this mixed freight eastbound up Main #1 through Cajon Station in Cajon Pass in 2001.
  6. Cactus blooms w/ manifest passing by

    Cactus blooms w/ manifest passing by

    A westbound BNSF manifest heads down Cajon Pass with a cactus beginning to bloom. There should be a lot more blooms in a few more days.
  7. Southern Pacific On The Cutoff

    Southern Pacific On The Cutoff

    In classic SP style, SD40T-2 #8306 leads a westbound freight drag up the Palmdale Colton Cutoff between Dike and Canyon in Cajon Pass in 1984.
  8. Rainbow of colors at Cajon Station

    Rainbow of colors at Cajon Station

    Eastbound Dash 9-44CW #680 in classic Santa Fe Red/Silver leads H1 and BN units at Cajon Station up to Sullivan's Curve in 2001.
  9. UP Double Stacks Climbing the Hill

    UP Double Stacks Climbing the Hill

    Eastbound double stacks led by Union Pacific AC60CW #7567 climb the North Main through Cajon Station in 2001.
  10. Santa Fe "Kodachrome" Down the Pass

    Santa Fe "Kodachrome" Down the Pass

    Santa Fe premerger C30-7 "Kodachrome" #8141 heads up this westbound freight on Cajon's #1 Main of the 1st Subdivision through Verdemont on May 14, 1988.
  11. UP Wings @ Cajon Creek - 2001

    UP Wings @ Cajon Creek - 2001

    Eastbound on BNSF Main #1, APL double-stacks led by a trio of new UP SD70Ms head for Sullivan's Curve on the Cajon Subdivision in Cajon Pass 2001.
  12. ATSF Freight through Cajon Station

    ATSF Freight through Cajon Station

    ATSF SD45-2 #5639 leads this eastbound COFC/TOFC train up the South Track through Cajon Pass on the 1st Subdivision for the run to Summit in 1986.
  13. Cajon Summit Action on Christmas Eve 1987

    Cajon Summit Action on Christmas Eve 1987

    Christmas Eve 1987 finds a Santa Fe eastbound mixed freight pulling through a snowy Cajon Summit on the North Main of the 1st Subdivision led by EMD GP35u #2804.
  14. Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Cajon Summit

    Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Cajon Summit

    Christmas Eve 1987 finds a Santa Fe TOFC westbound freight pulling through Cajon Summit on the South Main of the 1st Subdivision led by GE C30-7 #8053.
  15. Santa Fe Caboose Brings Up the Rear

    Santa Fe Caboose Brings Up the Rear

    Santa Fe caboose #999286 brings up the markers on a westbound freight passing through Cajon Summit during a time when you actually enjoyed waiting for the end of a freight train. The date was Christmas Eve 1987!
  16. Santa Fe "Kodachrome" Down the Pass

    Santa Fe "Kodachrome" Down the Pass

    Santa Fe premerger C30-7 "Kodachrome" #8080 heads up this westbound freight on Cajon's #1 Main of the 1st Subdivision through Verdemont on May 14, 1988.
  17. Westbound Chief through Verdemont

    Westbound Chief through Verdemont

    The tardy westbound #3 Southwest Chief, led by Amtrak F40PH #230, drifts downgrade through Verdemont in Cajon Pass on May 14, 1988. This is the final day this subdivision would be known as the 1st Sub. The following day this subdivision would become known as the Cajon Sub.
  18. Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Cajon Summit

    Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Cajon Summit

    On a cold Christmas Eve at Cajon Summit, Santa Fe SD40-2 #5206 leads a westbound freight along the South Main before descending Cajon Pass on December 24, 1987.
  19. UP Centennials across Cajon Summit

    UP Centennials across Cajon Summit

    In a bygone scene from Cajon Pass, Union Pacific Centennials #6935/#6927 pull an eastbound freight through Cajon Summit on Santa Fe's 1st District mainline in 1984.
  20. UP 8312 @ Hodge

    UP 8312 @ Hodge

    UP 8312 rounds a curve at Hodge on the Cajon sub.


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