Bill Compton picked me up at 5:30 AM and we drove first to West Colton Yard before going to Cajon Pass.
BNSF 3715 East at the Swarthout Canyon Road grade crossing. From here we drove to Summit to see how the new highway was coming along before we headed to Cozy Dell for some pictures.
BNSF 3869 West met BNSF 7823 East. We made our way to Hill 582 and set up for our picture-taking delight.
BNSF unknown East.
BNSF 6953 East.
BNSF 4608 East.
Union Pacific 8510 East.
Union Pacific 5410 West on the Palmdale Cutoff.
BNSF 8198 West.
A view of the new California Highway 138 being built in Cajon Pass.
BNSF 8190 West.
Union Pacific 8012 East.
Another view of the new highway.
Union Pacific 8161 West.
BNSF 7500 West.
BNSF 8357 East.
BNSF 4618 West with a train heading to Kaiser, California.
This train at Hill 582 was BNSF 6767 West with a baretable train. We then went to McDonald's where I had hot cakes and sausage then upon our return to the car, we heard a horn and drove to CP Canyon on the Union Pacific tracks to get another BNSF train on their railroad.
BNSF 7956 East at Highway 138. Having had our fill of trains, Bill and I returned Santa Ana, ending another excellent railfanning adventure.
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