Cajon Pass in California - 3rd Main Track Construction by BNSF

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Cajon Pass in Southern California

Railroad Photography

I am very pleased to show some exclusive photos by
Don E. Toles (DET), Gary G. Gray (GGG) and Marc Fournier (MF), USA
A big thank you goes to Don, Gary and Marc for sharing their excellent pictures.
Please note: The copyright belongs to these gentlemen with permission by Werner Meer.

Cajon Pass 3rd Main Track Construction by BNSF in 2007 and 2008 BNSF was building a 3rd Main Track thru Cajon Pass. It was built along the # 1 (north) track (2,2 % grade). The only 2 tunnels in Cajon have been daylighted. This one of a time project was completed on November 07, 2008. We are having a total of 9 pages for the 3MT Project - just click on the link in every column.
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 1/9 Photos 001 - 099 Period: 6/22/07 - 9/17/07
8/24/07 Summit Curve - 061	See all photos of page 1 - click here	9/12/07 T-1 EP w/BNSF WB train - 097
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 2/9 Photos 100 - 201 Period: 9/08/07 - 10/25/07
10/19/07 Summit Curve w/new track - 166	See all photos of page 2 - click here	10/25/07 T-2 EP w/BNSF EB train - 197
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 3/9 Photos 202 - 300 Period: 10/19/07 - 12/14/07
10/26/07 Placing of bridge element - 216	See all photos of page 3 - click here	12/05/07 T-2 EP w/BNSF WB train - 289
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 4/9 Photos 301 - 399 Period: 12/03/07 - 2/06/08
1/18/08 New bridge at MP 64.1X - 346	See all photos of page 4 - click here	2/01/08 T-1 EP w/new shoo-fly - 392
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 5/9 Photos 400 - 504 Period: 2/06/08 - 3/28/08
3/20/08 T-1 EP w/UP EB around shoo-fly - 470	See all photos of page 5 - click here	3/26/08 T-1 WP demolition - 494
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 6/9 Photos 505 - 597 Period: 3/25/08 - 4/25/08
4/04/08 T-2 EP w/BNSF EB along tunnel 2 - 524	See all photos of page 6 - click here	4/16/08 T-1 EP demolition - 569
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 7/9 Photos 598 - 699 Period: 5/02/08 - 6/24/08
5/02/08 Remainings of former Tunnel 1 - 598	See all photos of page 7 - click here	6/18/08 Sullivan's Curve w/TLM - 687
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 8/9 Photos 700 - 800 Period: 6/30/08 - 9/15/08
7/06/08 New track under HWY 138 - 719	See all photos of page 8 - click here	7/09/08 TLM at work - 753-2
	3rd Main Track Project by BNSF Page 9/9 Photos 801 - 896 Period: 9/15/08 - 12/24/08
9/26/08 Between MP 63.4 and 64.3 - 811	See all photos of page 9 - click here	11/05/08 Removal of shoo-fly - 848

	Cajon Pass Tunnels Page 1/1 See the difference between 2005 and 2008 as the famous Tunnels 1 and 2 are gone forever. Photos by Don E. Toles, Gary G. Gray and Marc Fournier (USA) Updated: 11/10/11
11/01/05 T-1 EP before - 648	See all 28 photos - click here	5/24/08 Former T-1 EP after - 649

	Cajon Pass Aerial Photos 2006/2008 by Dave Crammer (USA) taken before and during the 3MT project Updated: 3/05/10
Cajon Station, I-15 w/Cleghorn exit DC-12	See all 37 photos - click here	Sullivan's Curve, Hwy 138, Mormon Rocks DC-16

	Cajon Pass Aerial Photos June 2, 2010 by Werner Meer (Switzerland) taken after the 3MT project Updated: 7/08/2010
WM 6/02/10 Hill 582, BNSF MT-2/-1, UPT - 4033	See all 150 photos - click here	WM 6/02/10 Tunnel 1 shotcrete retaining wall - 4082

Cajon 1 with 2006 photos - click here	Cajon 2 with 2007 photos - click here	Cajon 3 with 2008 photos - click here
Cajon 4 with 2009 photos - click here	Cajon 5 with 2010 photos - click here	Cajon 6 with 2011 photos - click here
Cajon 7 with 2012 photos - click here	Cajon 8 with 2013 photos - click here	Cajon 9 with 2014 photos - click here
Cajon 10 with 2015 photos - click here	Cajon 11 with 2016 photos - click here	Cajon 12 with 2017 photos - click here
Cajon 13 with 2018 photos - click here	Cajon 14 with 2019 photos - click here	Cajon 15 with 2020 photos - click here
Cajon 16 with 2021 photos - click here	Cajon 17 with 2022 photos - click here	Cajon 18 future
History of Hill 582 photos - click here	Ranchero Road Project - click here	Colton Flyover Project - click here
Highway 138 East Project - click here	Mojave River Bridges - click here	Green Tree Blvd. Project - click here

8 different and detailed Maps of Cajon Pass with captions (Mile Posts and Location) by Gary G. Gray - click here
New 8/11: Maps "How to find" Hill 582, Sullivan's Curve, Noisy Point by Gary G. Gray - click here

Accurate Map of Cajon Pass with 3rd Main Track by Michael Amrine - click here

New 7/11: Fold out map of Cajon Pass in August 2011 issue of TRAINS magazine - click here

Below are different links related to Cajon Pass

Cajon Pass Map by Wikimapia (easy to enlarge every location): http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.3223857&lon=-117.4707127&z=14&l=0&m=s&v=9

Railfan Map of Cajon Pass by Joe Perry: http://www.chasingsteel.com/storage/RailfanMapofCajon%20Pass.pdf

Map of Cajon Area (Inland Empire): http://www.visitcalifornia.de/media/pages/getting_around/maps/INLAND-EMPIRE.pdf

Simple Maps about Cajon Pass: click here

Different Maps (+ photos) of Cajon Pass: http://www.placenames.com/us/p270155

The Road Wanderer Route 66 Coastal Gateway: http://www.theroadwanderer.net/RT66cajon.htm

California Historic Route 66 Association: http://www.route66ca.org/index.html

North American Rails by Randy Murphy (photos about Cajon): http://northamericanrails.com/home

Here are photos of the 2 tunnels before construction started: click here

Excellent Aerial photos of Cajon before construction started by Dave Crammer: http://www.cajonpass.net/dca/index.html
Dave Crammer published a 20 page report "Air Cajon" (Cajon Pass from the Air) in TRP (The Railroad Press) Magazine Issue # 71 (Oct/Nov/Dec, 2006).

More Aerial photos incl. 3MT (taken in 2008) by Dave Crammer: http://www.cajonpass.net/highabove.html

Here is a very detailed report (390 pages) about the 3rd Main Track Construction with maps (PDF): http://www.cajonpass.net/FEIS-EIR-MAR07.pdf

A visit to Hill 582: http://www.f150online.com/forums/off-roading/380303-hill-582-cajon-pass-southern-california.html

Sam Pottinger's Steel Rails West with several photos of Cajon: http://www.trainweb.com/samssrw/

Great photos and information on Cajon Pass Rails by Steve Caine, Pasadena: http://www.cajonpassrails.com/

Photos about Cajon and Tehachapi Pass from 1981 to present: http://www.pbase.com/huskerherb/southern_california_railroading&page=1

Lots of photos about Cajon Pass by Santiago Homsi jr, http://www.cajonpass.net

Southern California Rail Fan by Dave Toussaint: http://www.SoCalRailFan.com
New Cajon Pass Book by Dave Toussaint: http://www.socalrailfan.com/book.html

Cajon Pass Film 5 Min. by Anything Goes Productions with Maureen Barley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEj2jKUI4A

In Memory of Chard L. Walker (1922 - 2007) - click here

New official BNSF Website - Friends of BNSF (registration is free of charge): https://www.friendsofbnsf.com/

For those who are interested in big construction projects, we are having a link for the construction of the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is currently under construction thru the Alps in Switzerland with a length of 57 km / 35,4 mls (actually two single track tunnels). It will open in 2017.
Take a look here (English site): http://www.alptransit.ch/en/?no_cache=1