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A Trip to Cajon Pass 12/14/2019



by Chris Guenzler



Bill Compton picked me up and we drove straight through the morning fog out to Frost via the Summit Valley, with clear but cold windy skies and parked on the hill overlooking the Frost Flyover.













BNSF 3966 West.







BNSF 7199 West.









Union Pacific 7526 East.









Next came Amtrak's Southwest Chief, Train 3, with just a single coach instead of the regular two.









BNSF 8023 East.











BNSF 4244 East.









BNSF 7706 East.















BNSF 3742 West had BNSF DPUs 5480 and 7324.









BNSF 6656 West.











BNSF 7416 West. We starting our journey back but stopped at the Martinez Spur, east of Summit.





BNSF 7416 West at the Martinez Spur.







BNSF 7922 West at MP 45.







BNSF 7754 West meets BNSF 8906. That ended our railfanning and we proceeded to Burger King for lunch and then back on Interstate 215. When we passed the BNSF San Bernardino Yard, I spotted the 2019 BNSF Christmas train in front of the depot so we made our way to the station.





The BNSF 2019 Christmas train at the San Bernardino station. We parked and walked out on the bridge to get some more pictures.





Passengers started to board this special train. We then stopped by West Colton Yard before Bill drove home, ending another excellent rail adventure.



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