Video of a EB UPRR manifest train ascending the Cajon Pass @ Cajon Jct CA
Below is the link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTCpETbgt8
Technically, the train in the video is NOT an eastbound, but a northbound one.
Technically, too, the train is NOT at Cajon Jct., or even Cajon, as in Cajon Station. That location is traditionally on the BNSF (AT&SF), on the video’s lower tracks. The videoed train is up on the UP (SP) Palmdale Cutoff about a quarter of a mile away.
One last thing … Wasn’t the FREE trip from Texas to California roundtrip wonderful? (Hehehe.)
Well M/quest says that is Cajon Jct so check it out! [:)]
Yes I was aware that the train was on the Palmdale Cutoff heading most likely to Mojave BUT it is still is ascending the Cajon Pass right?
I was told there is no N or SB in railroading by a former Amtrak conductor only E & WB he contended so I used that since you have to figure he knows what he is saying. BTW the BNSF timetable I have says East & West not north & south so I went with EW instead of NS.
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spbed (6-18):
Well, I learned something. There actually is a Cajon Jct. Several map services show it. But, I think the inference is to the very confining area of the juncture of Interstate 15 and State Route 138 (the background area of the below BNSF Main 3 photo).
The train you videoed is close to a mile away as the crow flies. The Cajon Jct. name is like the very nearby railroad Alray and Sullivan’s Curve, very confining in its scope.
The train shown in your video, spbed, was in fact ascending the western slope of Cajon Pass as you said. The ironic part is that historically, in Southern Pacific days, that train would have been a WESTBOUND. A westbound on the Santa Fe would be going the other way! Under UP ownership, the SP line was eventually changed to a north-south timetable listing. So, the train videoed was northbound.
The Amtrak employee that informed you of railroad directions probably was associated with the Southwest Chief, running on the BNSF (Santa Fe). He undoubtedly had no idea that another railroad was in the Pass, UP (SP), which is a north-south oriented line through there as implied above, since Amtrak does not run on the Palmdale Cutoff.
Anyway, it was cool to see one of your videos from my own area. Thanks for sharing.
Best,
K.P.
Sorry to advise U he was aware of the Palmdale Cutoff as he knew of the switches at both ends from the BNSF Transcon to the UPRR Palmdale Cutoff line
He also argues with me when I caption the trains I video in Austin TX as NB & naturally he contends they are EBers
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spbed (6-18):
Well, I learned something. There actually is a Cajon Jct. Several map services show it. But, I think the inference is to the very confining area of the juncture of Interstate 15 and State Route 138 (the background area of the below BNSF Main 3 photo).
!http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff19/kpharrier/cajon/DSC01835.jpg
The train you videoed is close to a mile away as the crow flies. The Cajon Jct. name is like the very nearby railroad Alray and Sullivan’s Curve, very confining in its scope.
The train shown in your video, spbed, was in fact ascending the western slope of Cajon Pass as you said. The ironic part is that historically, in Southern Pacific days, that train would have been a WESTBOUND. A westbound on the Santa Fe would be going the other way! Under UP ownership, the SP line was eventually changed to a north-south timetable listing. So, the train videoed was northbound.
The Amtrak employee that informed you of railroad directions probably was associated with the Southwest Chief, running on the BNSF (Santa Fe). He undoubtedly had no idea that another railroad was in the Pass, UP (SP), which is a north-south oriented line through the