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Pacific Railroad Society 75 Year Excursion Tehachapi and Palmdale Cutoff Trip Part 2



by Chris Guenzler



This is Duffy Street in San Bernardino, where a Southern Pacific freight train derailed on May 12, 1989.





Heading for Cajon Pass.





A cactus farm in San Bernardino.





The view ahead of the train.





A gravel pit.





The San Bernardino Mountains.





The grade ahead of the train.





The train reached Dike siding.





Rolling through Dike.





The rear of our train at Dike.





Devore, California.





Crossing Cajon Creek.





BNSF's crossing of Cajon Creek.





The train proceeded to the Interstate 15 bridge.





We were climbing Cajon Pass.





The connection at Keenbrook.





View across Cajon Creek.





The grade ahead.





View across Cajon Creek.





Our train climbing the grade.





A westbound BNSF stack train.







Blu Cut.





The rear of our train at Blu Cut.





Blu Cut, where we crossed the San Andreas Fault.





The rear of our train.





Two more views of Blu Cut.







Looking down on the BNSF mainline below Cajon.







Looking down on Cajon.





Climbing into Sullivan's Curve.







Heading into Sullivan's Curve where Canyon siding starts.





The old Santa Fe Railway grade into Sullivan's Curve.







Exiting Sullivan's Curve.





Looking down on Drawbar Flats.





Highway 138.





The Mormon Rocks.





Cajon Mountain.





Looking up Cajon Pass.





Our train passed the Mormon Rocks.





The rear of our train.







Three views of the BNSF mainline below.





The rear of our train.





Beautiful views abound.





A Union Pacific stack train on Track 3.





BNSF signal bridge.





Looking down on Alray.





The train crossed the old Route 66 bridge.





The rear of our train.





Where Tunnel 2 once was.





Where Tunnel 1 once was.





Climbing towards Hiland.





The rear of our train.







Views looking down on the BNSF mainline.









A westbound BNSF stack train.





A view to the rear.







The Silverwood Connection.





Two views as we approached Hiland.





The rear of our train.





The train had reached the summit at Hiland.



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