Bill Compton and his daughter Maryann picked me up at 6:00 AM and we drove out to Colton on our way to Cajon Pass.
Union Pacific 7984 East at Colton coming off the BNSF mainline.
Union Pacific 4879 East on the Colton Flyover, after which we went to West Colton Yard.
Union Pacific 8002 with Norfolk Southern 2648 and 8964. From here we drove into Cajon Pass to CP Walker on a very cold winter morning.
CP Walker in Cajon Pass.
Union Pacific 7675 East.
Union Pacific 8749 East with CSX 8785. We relocated to Sullivan's Curve.
Union Pacific 8775 East with Canadian National 5682 and 5562 plus CSX 8706. A eastbound BNSF train came flying up the grade around our train.
Driving along the train; we passed him and stopped.
Union Pacific 8775 East near the California Highway 138 bridge. We proceeded east on that highway and took the dirt road north to the tracks, parked and hiked to a hill just to the west.
A Union Pacific westbound headed down the grade. Just then an eastbound Union Pacific freight came down the Palmdale Cutoff. With the eastbound BNSF train stopped and our eastbound Union Pacific train approaching, it was the first time that I had seen a train on every mainline in Cajon Pass.
Union Pacific 8775 East below CP Silverwood. I called Let's Talk Trains after this train had gone by then we drove to CP Silverwood.
There we found a headstone which read, "In fond memory of M.L. "Jack" Guinn #1 ATSF Engineer LA Division 50 Years Sept 21, 1919 Jan 26, 2009 Father-Husband-Friend We love you man."
BNSF 4096 West at CP Silverwood.
BNSF 8877 East.
BNSF 7826 East.
Union Pacific 8878 East.
BNSF 5275 West. We then headed to get some lunch and tried McDonald's at Cajon Jct but it was too busy and there were long lines at the bathrooms, so drove west to Colton and the McDonald's there.
BNSF 6595 West at Colton.
Colton Union Pacific station built in 1927. Believe it or not, this was the first time I had ever photographed this station. We passed Union Pacific's West Colton Yard before heading home and it had been a great day of railroad photography with Bill and Maryann Compton.
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