Long and Powerful Freight Trains Traversing California’s Cajon Pass - 7/6/2023

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About this video: On July 6, 2023, I took a day trip out to San Bernardino, CA from San Diego with plans to spend several hours at one of my personal favorite spots on Cajon Pass. Arriving late morning and staying through mid/late afternoon, the action did not disappoint. Some highlights include a 10 locomotive led BNSF manifest, and two separate trains with Canadian Pacific power. All videos were filmed in the vicinity of the BNSF Swarthout Canyon Road crossing in San Bernardino, California.

[@rolpfeiffer4011]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video with magnificent locomotives. Railfanning endeavors are prominent. Bliss

[@rail_spike_productions]

Pardon my late reply - thank you very much for the kind words

[@lawrenceogden3736]

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[@rail_spike_productions]

Much appreciated. Thank you

[@chuckhermann8634]

Great mountain freight videos!

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thank you!! Very glad that you think the videos came out well, I know we had a great time.

[@caroldavis7169]

Great video 🎉

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thanks very much !

[@debbiereese1230]

Beautiful pic of mountains

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thanks !

[@brett2618]

If this were 1890, there would be a pair of cross compound 2 8 0 s pulling a 600 ton train

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Nice video😊

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thank you :)

[@XY_Dude]

love the DB fans. this a 2% grade?

[@rail_spike_productions]

Yes I believe that is about what the % grade is at this location.

[@rdrderuiter]

10 locks up front thats full diesel power,just awasome

[@Reigns_Trains]

Can anyone give coordinates of where this is at? Would love to watch trains here with my son.

[@rail_spike_productions]

These shots were taken at the Swarthout Canyon Road Crossing in San Bernardino, California. It’s definitely one of my favorite places along the Pass.

[@davidgood9241]

Nice video! Great exposure and the content is wonderful. If I may respectfully suggest to mount your camera on a tripod. The constant “floating” motion seems to trigger a queasy feeling in me. One other request is when taking stills, move out of range of your microphone. I do enjoy listening to the sounds of railroading and your shutter clicks are a bit distracting. I hope you take these as constructive criticisms given in the spirit of elevating your product’s quality. Thank you for your consideration.

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thank you very much - and I think those are all very reasonable requests, actually! I absolutely agree that a tripod would have helped, but as I am not from California and live quite far away and I normally travel with a backpack, I was unable to travel with a tripod. Since I could step away from my video camera if it was on a tripod, that would also solve the issue of the camera sounds, which normally aren’t present in my videos making this particular video an uncommon occurrence. I appreciate the kind words and hope you will check out some of my other work where these issues are not as present.

[@thebops4180]

How could you ever be comfortable being an engineer? Anything could go wrong behind you at any time!

[@rail_spike_productions]

I get what you’re saying. I don’t think I could convince myself to get into freight, there’s a lot to worry about!

[@kensingtonchapp4819]

Haha I am an engineer for BNSF and run Cajon Pass every day. In fact, a whole lot of KZbin videos have trains I'm running. It's true that it's extremely dangerous with a lot to consider, but, as long as crews follow the rules and make sure their trains are in compliance, it's no big deal. I do talk to flatlanders (engineers who only run on flatland like in Nebraska) quite a bit, and many of them say they'll never run trains here because of Cajon Pass. It has quite a reputation in the railroad industry.

[@rail_spike_productions]

Thanks very much for sharing. We’ve got lots of respect for you guys and what you all do