Cajon Pass group
The Society is pleased to host some of the critical discussions and files of the Cajon Pass Group (). The Cajon Pass Group is a group spearheaded by John Thompson. It describes its purpose as:
Discussions of the railroad operations and history of Cajon Pass, California, and the scale modeling of Cajon Pass, which is located between San Bernardino and Victorville, CA. The railroads involved are the BNSF, the Union Pacific, and the former Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads. Topics often expand to cover Southern California railroading in general. Most of the interest is in the post-WW2 decades and in the Santa Fe Railway.
Due to limitations in the modern group environment. the Cajon Pass Group asked, and the Society agreed, to host certain files to make them more widely accessible to fans of Cajon Pass and the Santa Fe. Individuals interested in participating in the group discussions are encouraged to join the group at the link above.
HISTORY OF CAJON PASS
The Historic American Engineering Record prepared the following article about Cajon Pass, which was found by Larry Occhiello and passed on to the group and Society:
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Cajon Subdivision, HAER No. CA-2259 (HAER, Pacific West Regional Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607)
- Culvert, MP 57-3X (HAER-CA-2259-A-MP_57-3X)
- Culvert, MP 57-6X (HAER-CA-2259-B-MP_57-6X)
- Three pipe culvert, MP 58-1X (HAER-CA-2259-C-MP_58-1X)
- Tunnel 1 East and West Portals, MP 58-9X (HAER-CA-2259-D-MP_58-9X)
- Tunnel 2 East and West Portals, MP 59-2X (HAER-CA-2259-E-MP_59-2X)
- Alray Route 66 Bridge, MP-59-6X (HAER-CA-2259-F-MP_59-6X)
- Culvert, MP 59-8X (HAER-CA-2259-G-MP_59-8X)
- Culvert, MP 61-3X (HAER-CA-2259-H-MP_61-3X)
- Bridge (HAER-CA-2259-I-MP_61-5X)
- Culvert, MP 62-2X (HAER-CA-2259-J-MP_62-2X)
- Bridge, MP 62-7 (HAER-CA-2259-K-MP_62-7)
- Culvert, MP 64-2 (HAER-CA-2259-L-MP_64-2)
- T-Rail on Concrete Bridge, MP 64-9 (HAER-CA-2259-M-MP_64-9)
- Blue Cut, MP 65-1 (HAER-CA-2259-N-MP_65-1)
- Culvert, MP 65-6 (HAER-CA-2259-O-MP_65-6)
- Culvert, MP 65-8 (HAER-CA-2259-P-MP_65-8)
- Culvert, MP 66-0 (HAER-CA-2259-Q-MP_66-0)
- Keenbrook Bridge, MP 66-4 (HAER-CA-2259-R-MP_66-4)
- Culvert, MP 67-5 (HAER-CA-2259-S-MP_67-5)
- T-Rail Concrete Bridge, MP 67-9 (HAER-CA-2259-T-MP_67-9)
- Culvert, MP 68-2 (HAER-CA-2259-U-MP_68-2)
- Lime Kiln, (HAER-CA-2259-V)
Cajon Pass Plats and drawings
Plats are surveys showing the lay out of the right of way and various stations and places along the Cajon Right-of-Way. This section includes the following plats, arranged generally from west to east:
- San Bernardino B Yard
- San Bernardino B Yard Station plat, 1931
- San Bernardino A Yard East End
- Rancho Muscupiabe (near Ono)
- Devore Station Grounds, 1918
- Keenbrook Station Plat, 1918
- Cajon Station Plat, 1948
- Cajon – Alray Right of Way, 1941
- Alray – Summit Right of Way
- Summit Station Plat, 1930
- Summit – Hesperia Right of Way, 1925
Drawings are blueprints or other drawings of structures in the Cajon Pass area.
- San Bernardino, Depot, overall layout
- San Bernardino, Depot, first floor layout (full)
- San Bernardino, Depot, second floor layout (full) [division offices]
- San Bernardino, Depot, street side elevation (full) (large file 2MB+)
- San Bernardino, Depot, track side elevation (full) (large file 2MB+)
- San Bernardino, Depot, east end elevation
- San Bernardino, Depot, west end elevation
- San Bernardino, Depot, canopy detail
- A collection of blueprints of the San Bernardino precooler are also available in the Society members’ area.
cajon bridges and culverts
This section includes a map of Cajon to the Summit and of the various bridge locations, plus some photos of bridges and culverts. Some images courtesy of the Historic American Engineering Registry. Some Santa Fe Railway.
- Cajon Bridge List
- Cajon Bridge Locations
- Bridge C-61-60.6
- Bridge C-62X-X61.5
- Bridge B-63-62.7
- Bridge A-63
- Bridge A-64
- Bridge A-65X-X64.1
- Bridge 71-I-3
- Los Angeles Division, First District Building Record, Lenwood to San Bernardino
Image index
Michael Davis and John Parker have created indices of images of locomotives, rolling stock and structures that often appeared on Cajon.
- Davis Index
- Parker Index of Locomotives Photos in Books: PREFACE and INDEX (Updated April 9, 2022)
- Parker Index of Locomotives Photos in Magazines and Photo Catalogs (May 4, 2020)
trains/Blocks over cajon
This is information compiled by Cajon Pass members, including John Thompson, Don Borden and Andy Sperandeo, about trains and car blocks passing over Cajon Pass. It is updated as more information becomes available.
- ATSF – Trains 33 – 43 – 53 (westbound) (red balls to LA)
- ATSF – Train 34 / MX-34 (eastbound only)
- ATSF – Train 41 (westbound) (“hog special”)
- ATSF – Box Car Special (BCS) (eastbound only)-
- ATSF – CTX (later 805) (eastbound only)
- ATSF – Eastbound Drag Freights
- ATSF – First District Local (eastbound only)
- ATSF – First District Supply Train (both)
- ATSF – Green Fruit Express (GFX) later San Bernardino (SB) (eastbound only)
- ATSF – Great Northern – Western Pacific – Santa Fe (GWS) (westbound only)
- ATSF – Los Angeles Forwarder (LAF) (eastbound only)
- ATSF – North Coast Express (NCS) (eastbound only)
- ATSF – Oro Grande / Hodge Turn (turn)
- ATSF – Redlands Loop Local (counterclockwise, westbound)
- ATSF – South Coast Express (SCS) (westbound only)
- ATSF – SWG (eastbound only; return was GWS)
- ATSF – Texas Daily Forwarder (TDF) then Texas-Los Angeles (TLA) (westbound only)
- ATSF – Westbound Drag Freights
- UP – Train 43-44 (passenger, both ways)
- UP – Clean-Up/Clean-Up Extra (CU/CUX) (eastbound only)
- UP – Cotton Fruit (CN) (eastbound only)
- UP – Day Live Stock (DLS) (westbound only)
- UP – Eastbound Drag Freights
- UP – FAP (believed to be “Forwarder Auto Parts”) (westbound)
- UP – Kansas City (KC) and Advance Kansas City (westbound only)
- UP – Leon Turn (a/k/a Oro Grande Turn) (turn)
- UP – Los Angeles Forwarder (FWDR / Adv FWDR or FRWDR / LAF) (westbound only)
- UP – Los Angeles Special (LA) and Morning Los Angeles Special (MLA) (westbound only)
- UP – Merchandise (MS / MSF / MDSE SPL / MDSE) (eastbound only)
- UP – Night Live Stock (NLS) (westbound only)
- UP – Vegas Shorts (VGS), then Intermountain Special (IMX), then Intermountain Shorts (IMS) (westbound)
- UP – Morning Utah Manifest (UX) and Afternoon Utah Manifest (UTX) (eastbound only)
Other resources
This section provides additional resources developed by Cajon Pass Group members. Enjoy!
- LA Division, First District, Building Record Lenwood to San Bernardino
- Andy Sperandeo’s clinic: Planning Cajon Signals
- Gravel Gertie. Gravel Gertie was a well known fixture who lived near the Santa Fe track on Cajon. Here are some images:
- Gravel Gertie, Thanksgiving 1949, with well and depot in background
- Gravel Gertie’s house
- Gravel Gertie’s son’s house
- Aerial photo showing relative position of houses
- Photo showing relative position of houses and well
