Western Railroading Series: The Steep Grades of California's Busy Cajon Pass

Welcome to the Western Railroading Series, where we take a look at some of the best railfanning the west has to offer. In Episode 1, we will be covering the steep grades of California's Cajon Pass. With BNSF and UP running most of their freight in and out of Southern California through the pass, there is no shortage of action. Additionally, the steep mountain grades make for some great high-horsepower action as trains climb the pass! In this video, we'll take a look at a day of action on the Pass capturing some spectacular sights and sounds of Southern California's finest railfan location. So sit back, relax, and enjoy California's Cajon Pass!
Subdivision(s):
BNSF Cajon Subdivision
UP Mojave Subdivision/Palmdale Cutoff
UP Yuma Subdivision (Sunset Route)
Location(s) In Order of Appearance:
Cajon Junction, CA
Cajon Summit, CA
San Bernardino, CA
Beaumont, CA
Banning, CA
Owl, CA
Thanks For Watching & Enjoy!
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[@csxwrldgalvin8883]

Yes I like BNSF trains and it carrying Intermodals

[@ejc7129]

Off the beaten track there...California? 😎☀️🌴Superb video...loved it..the scenery there is breathtaking and the trains plus your narration made this very enjoyable to watch 😎☀️🌴🎉🎉 cheers from the UK 🇬🇧👍🏽

[@RiverLineProductions]

Haha yup! Glad you like it, the scenery out west is second to none!

[@jackvieira5157]

Never been to California but these scenes are awesome nice video

[@wondabiz]

i love how you didnt even notice BNSF 965, a H1 with the swoosh on the nose

[@olivier870]

Very nice video and very nice youtube channel. The shots are excellent and the information on the trains and locomotives are appreciable. Regards from France.

[@darrelgibbs4898]

Great View Love California Excited Look

[@markhayes6407]

Really enjoyed the up close shots at the summit. Very good depiction of the pass. Great catches too.

[@noahhuckleby6517]

You can really hear those dynamic brakes scream as they are coming down the summit.

[@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy]

**41st like** SUPER COOL! Keep up the good work and I hope you hit 5K soon.

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Great video! Love some of the catches in here especially the warbonnets. I’m currently making a documentary on the CSX SD50s and I was wondering if I could use some of your footage of the SD50s? I always give credit in each of my videos, in the video and in the description.

[@RiverLineProductions]

Thanks, glad you like it! Yes, that should be fine!

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

@@RiverLineProductions Much appreciated, I just finished the video of you would like to check it out!

[@charliebrooks2570]

Cool shots of a familiar area!

[@spellsnehemiah23]

Love it

[@iwens1966]

Great video, but man, you got to get a wind thingy for your mic. Brutal.

[@Tractor3Thrasher]

Excellent video love USA trains they dwarf British freight trains. How often do they run through the pass? Every 10mins?

[@CobraChamp]

Excellent video & narration!

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

STONE AGE U.S RAILROADS !!! Classic examples of the primitive nature of American Private Railroads in the West !!! They still have a multiplicity of parallel competing routes, mostly single track, where there are few if any passenger services ! Which effectively negates the need for competing routes, except to increase the transport cost of products to the customer. They are still using Diesel traction where 2.5 Diesels = 1 modern electric loco. Each Diesel loco of course produces tons of pollution annually. Where an electric loco produces virtually zero. Electric locos can of course be built with virtually ANY amount of horsepower necessary. Whereas Diesels cannot ! So the costs of operating multiple locos on one train is of course seriously unproductive and not cost effective. Hi-tech modern electric loco purchase prices have fallen dramatically in recent years, due to the huge increase in European electrified lines. Some European countries are already 100% electric. If you combine two long single track separate freight routes, into one double track route. You dramatically improve reliability. If a train fails on a double track line, others can overtake it with little delay, using the second track. Indeed the second track also allows a rescue loco to reach a failed train far quicker. Further modern Electric locos are far more reliable as they don't need "diesel engines" with all their mechanical parts, as they get the power from an overhead wire, and simply use it to power their traction motors. Something even Amtrak (U.S Nationalised long distance passenger train authority) has figured out, which is why Amtrak have extended electrification on the North East Corridor to Boston & elsewhere. This has increased train speeds, and the number of trains you can provide in any 24 hour period !!! The above are all good reasons for abolishing all these stone age private freight Railroad Companies and opening up all US Railroads to use by passenger trains. Further electrification using a modern system such as 25Kv AC overhead would speed up the freight trains, and allow fast passenger trains to be added without interfering with the freight trains !!!

[@edkode]

Any reason all trains on Cajon Pass only use GE locomotives? I've watches few compilations and never seen an EMD loco on Cajon Pass trains.

[@KalamazooAreaRailfan]

Can’t wait!

[@RiverLineProductions]

Can't wait to share it!

[@tabootopicsaside2077]

you should invest in a wind jammer for your mic......then you get the sounds of the tracks instead of wind.......except for that, excellent video

[@jasonpomare5639]

Love American trains , excellent video work.

[@fredadabirch7445]

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[@lodgladiesonlydiscgolf1666]

Some of the best coverage available, ty👍🏼

[@deetrain23]

ENJOY!!-How often do pass threw "Daily? Thank You!

[@graemeacourt7871]

Great video.I love this region

[@trikerbrian]

and how many days we going to next time

[@michaelshannon7199]

how about adding some scanner radio communications to your videos.😎😎

[@RiverLineProductions]

Thinking about doing that; I think it'll be a lot easier to do that on CSX just becuse they use the radio so much more than the western roads

[@deetrain23]

How can you tell the difference model of the Locomotives?

[@johncamp2567]

Tremendously enjoyable!!!

[@unionpacificrailfan783]

thats a really loud K5LLA 14:02

[@AndreiTupolev]

UP 6666 surely scores bonus foaming points.

[@RiverLineProductions]

Haha yup!

[@charliebrooks2570]

Gorgeous scenery eh?

[@fakecumberland]

Those Warbonnets are becoming scarce.

[@RiverLineProductions]

Yup, was glad that I got to see as many as I did on this trip; was one of my goals for sure!

[@thatcurveguy]

A lot of the locations on this video are where I film from for my channel. Hope you'll check it out. Great Video.

[@williamsonnjenga141]

Very Busy lines there.

[@EmpireBeltRR]

The excellence continues!!!

[@unionpacificrailfan783]

i really enjoy watching this im big of UP Trains

[@stevee8884]

New to this channel! What does "FLAG" mean behind the loco ID?

[@austenrhoads60]

Excited to see all these great catches!

[@RiverLineProductions]

Excited to share them with you!

[@AndreiTupolev]

And no fewer than two actual Santa Fe Warbonnets!

[@TrainRail_01]

Nice video

[@RiverLineProductions]

Glad you're enjoying it!