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Date: 06/27/25 09:38
Cajon Pass on the Summer Solstice
Author: thatguy

I spent last Saturday on the Cajon Pass with a group of friends for our annual Summer Solstice trip. 

Photo 1 is a late #3 as it passes Stein's Hill.

Photo 2 is westbound UP manifest working it's way down the Palmdale cutoff.

Photo 3 is an eastbound BNSF Z climbing the hill between Alray and Hill 582.



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Date: 06/27/25 09:41
Re: Cajon Pass on the Summer Solstice
Author: thatguy

Photo 4 Is a westbound BNSF stack train passing Hill 582

Photo 5 is another westbound UP manifest train on the Palmdale cutoff

Photo 6 is #4 heading for the summit on Main 3.



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Date: 06/28/25 07:18
Re: Cajon Pass on the Summer Solstice
Author: ntharalson

Thanks for these, they are much appreciated.  I've been wondering what Mother Nature was doing to reclaim the area of the former tunnels near Alray and your photos show her moving back in, albit slowly.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA



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Date: 06/28/25 09:35
Re: Cajon Pass on the Summer Solstice
Author: AndyBrown

I love that last shot with Amtrak passing the stack train.  Does Amtrak pretty much always use track 3 in both directions?

Andy

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Date: 06/28/25 09:44
Re: Cajon Pass on the Summer Solstice
Author: thatguy

AndyBrown Wrote:
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> I love that last shot with Amtrak passing the
> stack train.  Does Amtrak pretty much always use
> track 3 in both directions?
>
> Andy

Thanks,   Main 3 is usually the track that Amtrak runs on but that's not a given.

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