Four Train Meet at Summit of Cajon Pass - 11/5/11

Train 1: Southbound Union Pacific hopper train on The Palmdale Cutoff led by unit 8082.
Train 2: Eastbound BNSF Intermodal / Z-Train on track 2.
Train 3: Eastbound BNSF Intermodal / Z-Train led by unit 7222 on track 1.
Train 4: Westbound BNSF Metal Coil Train with two end-train DPU's on track 3 crossing over to track 2.

Thanks to espeescotty for pointing out that the UP also had unit 7222 in its consist.

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• Cajon
• Pass
• Summit
• BNSF
• 7222
• Union
• Pacific
• UP
• 8082
• Intermodal
• Stacktrain
• Z-Train
• Manifest
• Hopper
• Metal
• Coil
• Cars
• Freight
• End-Train
• DPU's
• Meet
• Race
• Trains
• Railroad
• ES44DC
• C44-9W
• SD9043MAC
• yt:stretch=16:9

[Crosshead1]

What an amazing location for railfanning. Great video. Thanks for posting.

[Cornelu]

@Crosshead1 Thanks a lot!

[tvnshack]

Thanks for the posting this video. Remembers me a lot of souvenirs. I was there 16 and 14 years ago. Summit was only double-track and it wasn't fenced. I even been and took a picture of the Chard Walker's vantage point.

[Cornelu]

@tvnshack Ah the good old days. Spent many days there myself as a kid. Loved watching the Santa Fe's cut the helpers off the end of the train and send them back to San Bernardino. Chard Walker's Cajon is a great book if you haven't read it.

[espeescotty]

Not sure if you realized it or not, but you caught UP 7222 and BNSF 7222 at nearly the same place at nearly the same time. How often does that happen?

[Cornelu]

@espeescotty LOL wow! Thanks so much for pointing that out. I will update the video info accordingly.

[tvnshack]

@Cornelu Of course I've read it ... many times :-)

[Cornelu]

@andross51 Thanks! It is the best.

[andross51]

This is the reason cajon pass is one of the best places to railfan! Great catches cornelu!

[Cornelu]

@apples2095 Thanks!