| San
Bernardino - Metrolink Station |
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| 10/2003
Metrolink train coming from LA - 3W813 |
Cab
car in low sunlight - 3W814 |
BNSF
EB heading for Cajon Pass - 3W815 |
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| Metrolink
874 F59PHI (built 1995) - 3W816 |
Metrolink
856 F59PH (built 1992) - 3W817 |
San
Bernardino Depot at the back - 3W818 |
| Lower
Canyon - below Blue Cut |
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| 10/2003 First
photo of the day - 30102 |
BNSF WB below
Blue Cut - 30103 |
BNSF EB same
location - 30104 |
| Swarthout
Canyon Road Crossing MP 64.6 |
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| Schneider
Trailers on Flat Cars - 30105 |
BNSF EB at
Swarthout Canyon Road X-ing - 31113 |
BNSF EB 4th unit
is a Warbonnet - 30106 |
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| BNSF C44-9W nos.
4650 + 4684 - 30107 |
BNSF EB going
round the curve - 31115 |
BNSF WB coming
round the curve of SWC - 30108 |
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| BNSF 4836 =
C44-9W (built 8/98) - 30109 |
Same BNSF WB
train at SWC - 30110 |
WB double stack
train at SWC curve - 30111 |
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| BNSF WB double stack
train at SWC - 31117 |
Our Minivan made
it easy to go everywhere - 31118 |
UP EB at SWC
X-ing - 30112 |
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| UP 4006 = SD70M,
5070 = SD70M flared - 30113 |
Third unit was a
GE loco - 31121 |
EB double stack
cars at SWC - 30114 |
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| First Werner
Trailer on this train - 30115 |
Three more Werner
Trailers - 30116 |
SF 913 = C40-8W,
BNSF 737 = C44-9W - 30117 |
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| Same BNSF WB at
SWC - 30118 |
Our McDonald's at
I-15/Hwy 138 exit - 31134 |
makes railfaning
very convenient - 31135 |
| Cajon
Station / Junction MP 62.8 |
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| BNSF WB at Cajon
Station - 30119 |
BNSF WB on
Graffiti Bridge MP 63.4 - 30120 |
Same BNSF WB
train - 30121 |
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| BNSF EB w/4
Warbonnets - 30122 |
BNSF EB on NT at
Cajon Station - 30123 |
Old Route 66
serves as our railfan spot - 30124 |
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| Going uphill
toward Sullivan's Curve - 30125 |
Still the same
BNSF EB train - 30126 |
First section is
already at Sullivan's Curve - 30127 |
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| 2 DPU's are
helping uphill - 30128 |
End of train w/helpers
on bridge - 30129 |
UP SB on ST and
I-15 WB above - 31122 |
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| UP SB entering
Cajon Station on ST - 30130 |
UP SB w/CSX loco
in the middle - 31123 |
UP SB toward San
Bernardino and Colton - 30131 |
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| Leading UP loco
is a ex. SP C44-9 - 30132 |
BNSF WB 1049 =
C44-9W at Cajon Station - 30133 |
BNSF EB on NT at
Silverwood - 30134 |
| Summit
- easy to reach via Hwy 138 w/overlook and space for parking (see photo
31207) |
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| BNSF WB ar Summit
cut - 30135 |
Same WB train
passing Summit - 30136 |
BNSF EB entering
Summit - 30137 |
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| UP WB mixed on ST
- 30201 |
UP 4311 = SD70M -
30202 |
In the distance
is a UP EB at Silverwood - 30203 |
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| UP WB is leaving
Summit Curve on ST - 30204 |
Same train w/diff.
cars - 30205 |
UP EB entering
Summit Curve - 30206 |
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| The cars in the
distance are at Silverwood - 30207 |
4 x UP SD70M's
are pulling this train - 30208 |
The engines are
passing Summit - 30209 |
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| UP WB train is
just above UP EB cars - 30210 |
UP EB double
stack pass Summit - 30211 |
Next train is
BNSF EB on NT - 30212 |
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| C44-9W, GP60M,
GP60, C44-9W - 30213 |
BNSF EB entering
Summit - 30214 |
Heavy used J.B.
Hunt Container - 30215 |
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| BNSF WB on ST
passing EB train - 30216 |
SF 644 = C44-9W -
30217 |
2 BNSF trains are
busy at Summit Curve - 30218 |
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| UP SB on UP track
(Colton Cutoff) - 30219 |
Next BNSF EB
rounding Summit Curve - 30220 |
And a BNSF WB
leaving Summit - 30221 |
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| Both trains are
meeting each other in cut - 30222 |
WB is combined
dbl stack/TOFC train - 30223 |
EB is mixed
freight
incl. coil cars - 30224 |
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| Both trains are
still in Summit cut - 30225 |
Still the same
two trains - 30227 |
BNSF WB TOFC and
some Railfans - 30228 |
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| WB train meets
another EB train - 30229 |
BNSF EB is
getting closer - 30230 |
EB is entering
Summit - 30231 |
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| Double stack
uphill and TOFC downhill - 30232 |
Next is a UP EB
train - 30233 |
All GE power - 30234 |
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| Need some wheels
for your model layout? - 30235 |
Lumber on Center
Beam Flat Car - 30236 |
Can you see the
railfan WM above the van? - 31203 |
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| Long BNSF EB
train entering Summit Curve - 30333 |
BNSF EB TOFC w(GE
power on NT - 30334 |
UP WB leaving
Summit - 30335 |
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| UP WB mixed
freight going downhill - 31202 |
UP WB mixed
freight going downhill - 30336 |
Last photo of
this UP
train - 30337 |
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| UP EB coming
round Summit Curve - 30402 |
Leading unit is a
SD70M standard - 30403 |
4th unit is a
SD70M w/flared radiators - 30404 |
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| The locos are on
top of Summit - 30405 |
Double Stack
leaning in Summit Curve - 31207 |
UP EB double
stack - last photo - 30406 |
| Sullivan's
Curve - impressive Rock formations - BNSF North Track (2,2%) and UP
Colton-Palmdale Cutoff Track w/siding are in front of the Rocks |
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| Sullivan's Curve
seen from the East side - 31126 |
BNSF NT at left
& UP Cutoff w/siding
above - 30307 |
Both tracks are
turning to the left - 30309 |
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| BNSF EB snaking
around Sullivan's - 31124 |
Same train w/I-15
and Hwy 138 exit - 31125 |
Melinda at left
and me were really there - 31128 |
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| UP SB on UP
Cutoff coming downhill - 30310 |
and entering the
famous curve - 30311 |
and rolling in
front of the rocks - 31129 |
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| and continue rolling in
front of the rocks - 30312 |
In the middle is
a BNSF EB train coming - 30313 |
Here is the BNSF
EB coming uphill - 31131 |
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| BNSF EB and UP SB
still rolling - 30314 |
End of UP SB
train above - 31132 |
BNSF EB will soon
reach Hwy 138 - 30315 |
| Mormon
Rocks - Stein's Hill - Highway 138 - Pine Lodge |
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| UP SB on UP
Cutoff coming downhill - 30302 |
between the
Mormon Rocks - 30303 |
Below the tank
car is the same train - 30304 |
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| Same UP SB train
crossing Hwy 138 - 30305 |
UP EB on BNSF
track pass Hwy 138 - 30316 |
First engines are
rolling over Cajon Creek - 30317 |
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| and passing in
front of the Mormon Rocks - 30318 |
and heading for
Davis Ranch Road - 30319 |
Same train with
better view of the Rocks - 30320 |
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| More cars are
coming - 30321 |
Still the same
double stack train - 30322 |
End of train - 30323 |
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| Graffiti on a
Railbox car - 3W807 |
BNSF grain car
"happy ops"? - 3W809 |
And another
example "teri crow"? - 3W810 |
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| UP SB on BNSF
South track - 30324 |
UP train will
sson go under Hwy 138 - 30325 |
BNSF EB in front
of Mormon Rocks - 30326 |
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| There are also 2
NS locos in this consist - 30327 |
UP EB w/worn SD60
# 2168 - 30328 |
Even worse UP
Auto rack - 30329 |
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| Articulated Auto
rack - 30330 |
World record
graffiti Auto rack - 30331 |
Beautiful Mormon
Rocks - 30332 |
| Cajon
Pass' famed "Mormon Rocks" are a series of cemented
sandstone beds much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding gravel
and silt sands, giving them a pockmarked appearance. Officially called the
Rock Candy Mountains, the strange rock formations are one of the
youngest and most active geological regions in North America. Formed by
the overlapping of the Baja Plate and the North American Plate, the Mormon
Rocks (so nicknamed because this was the preferred route of Amasa
Lymand and Charles Rich, who led a band of Mormon settlers from Salt Lake
City across the Mojave Desert in 1851) are a visible indicator of the San
Andreas Fault (where the two aforementioned tectonic plates collide).
Written by Craig Walker, Nov 13, 2010 |
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| UP track w/Mormon
Rocks from the back - 30424 |
Mormon Rocks
along Hwy 138 - 30426 |
UP EB on BNSF NT
w/coal cars - 30423 |
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| UP SB crossing
Cajon Creek bridge - 30427 |
UP 5066 = SD70M
& 9499 = C41-8 - 30428 |
Bare table (empty
double stack) - 30429 |
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| Helicopter
helping for fire fighting - 30401 |
Cajon Pass fire
from a distance - 30413 |
Fire is in Lone
Pine Canyon area - 30425 |
| Alray
(East of I-15) and Tunnels 1 and 2 (Tunnels do not exist anymore because
of 3rd Main Track) |
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| BNSF EB on NT at
Alray - 30407 |
BNSF EB train
heading for Tunnel 2 WP - 30408 |
Tunnel 2 WP is
just at the right corner - 30409 |
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| The rules for
using the forest service roads - 30410 |
UP EB on UP
Cutoff line - 30411 |
There is plenty
space to park the car - 30412 |
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| UP EB freight is
going uphill - 30414 |
Same UP train
over US forest service road - 30415 |
BNSF EB on NT
coming from I-15 underpass - 30416 |
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| BNSF EB with fire
clouds in the background - 30417 |
BNSF EB rolling
over US forest service road - 30418 |
After a left
curve it will reach Tunnel 2 WP - 30419 |
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| More double stack
cars coming - 30420 |
End of train at
Alray - 30421 |
UP EB entering
Tunnel 1 WP - 30430 |
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| UP EB Auto racks
out of Tunnel 2 EP - 30431 |
Left is Tunnel 2
EP and right UP Cutoff - 30432 |
BNSF EB leavin
Tunnel 2 EP - 30433 |
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| BNSF EB uphill
from Tunnel 2 for Tunnel 1 - 30434 |
BNSF double stack
emerging Tunnel 2 - 30435 |
Same train
w/Tunnel 2 EP - 30436 |
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| End of train and
we can see thru Tunnel 2 - 30501 |
BNSF EB and close
up of Tunnel 2 EP - 30502 |
The engines will
enter Tunnel 1 WP - 30503 |
| After
our Tunnel visit, we went back to Alray as our Van was parked below the UP
bridge. More trains showed up and we took some more photos. |
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| BNSF EB on NT
w/I-15 and UP underpass - 30504 |
Because of low
sun, the locos are in shadow 30505 |
A UP EB train is
coming round the curve - 30507 |
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| UP EB - double
stack cars fit under I-15 - 30508 |
Werner Truck is
climbing I-15 over UP track - 30509 |
UP SB rolling
over UP bridge - 30510 |
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| The engines will
soon go under I-15 - 30511 |
Lumber cars on UP
bridge (our Van below) - 30512 |
Gondola w/graffiti
of SB train - 30513 |
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| This Golden West
car has also griffiti - 30514 |
BNSF EB w/I-15
just above - 30515 |
EB double stack
heading for Tunnel 2 - 30516 |
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| BNSF bridge in
front and UP at the back - 30517 |
Last photo of
double stack train - 30518 |
Last BNSF before
we left - 30519 |
| Once
again, our Cajon Journey is over. Afterwards, we went to Mojave and
Tehachapi. |
