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-top left: Santa Fe northbound approaching Sullivan's Curve. Southern Pacific's Palmdale cutoff above, in the background. -second from the left: Mixed manifest, on south track, approaching Cajon Station area, while a double stack heads up the north track towards Sullivan's Curve. -third from the left: LMX8585 engine at Cajon Station. -top right: UP5884 entering Cajon Station area. -bottom: 2 hours of morning action just below Cajon Station complete with a
meet. above: same morning, same place, AMTRAK interjects its presence and another
meet. below: again at the same place and time, the SP track above Cajon
Station fires up, while the traffic on the BNSF tracks
continues.
Cajon's Sullivan's Curve: -above left: Santa Fe coming south on the north track out of Sullivan's Curve. -above right: Charging up into the "Curve" from Cajon Station. -below UP's E9 at top of Sullivan's curve, descending the 3% grade to Cajon Station (photo by Al Bowen). |