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Cajon's Power Line Road Area:

Double-header at m.p.57.1  Santa Fe helpers going down the Pass.

-top left: War Bonnet on the point heading south and a piggyback on the north track. -top right: Santa Fe helpers going down the Pass. -bottom left: Helpers on the way to Summit with a double stack southbound. -bottom right:   Very clean "War Bonnet" leading the way to Summit.

Helpers on the way to Summit with a double stack southbound  Very clean "War Bonnet" leading the way to Summit

Silverwood high-speed switch looking North 9/12/99 Silverwooo high-speed switch where it joins the Santa Fe track 9/12/99

top left:  BNSF heading up the Pass, with the new high-speed "Silverwood" switch in the background, along with the Southern Pacific Palmdale cutoff track.  top right:  The other end of the high-speed switch, looking toward Summit.  bottom:  Just southwest of Powerline Road, the morning AMTRAK makes its way down the Pass.

Amtrak in the Cajon Pass 9/12/99

bottom:  A pass at one of our favorite spots, the knoll near the "Silverwood" switch.  The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific tracks are close together at this point, in fact, the knoll sits in between east and west Santa Fe Tracks.

cajonknoll.jpg (57883 bytes) 9/19/99