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| Title: |
It Dont Look Like a Blue Flag |
| Description: |
BNSF 7214 sits in front of the former AT&SF railway depot in San Bernardino for National Train Day. The sign is referred to as a "Blue Flag" and is placed on on the track, or the engine, or car that is the subject of the flag. A blue flag keeps the item, or train from moving and can only be removed by the person, or a person from the craft that placed it. Once someone places a blue flag on the track, it is quite safe to stand on it since nothing is going to move on that track until the flag is removed. Blue flags can also be hung on the side of the train, stuck in the coupler, or a blue light or lantern may also be used. -Craft is a rail term referring to the department that a person belongs to, whether it be the car fixers (car dept.) or the track workers (MOW) or the train crews and yard people (TE&Y). |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/2010 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 3:59:47 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Night,Station |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7214(ES44DC) |
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412 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Around the Bend at Lavic |
| Description: |
An eastbound double stack threads the s-turns at Lavic and approaches Ludlow California on a cold and windy Spring day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/2012 Upload Date: 5/11/2012 8:56:55 PM |
| Location: |
Ludlow, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7228(ES44DC) |
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250 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Coming Around the Bend |
| Description: |
An Eastbound BNSF stack train approaches mile marker 57 on a cold Winters day in the Cajon Pass. The colors of the desert flora in the Winter is evident in this image when compared to another taken in the same area in July: Link Taken near M.P. 57 on the BNSF San Cajon Subdivision Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, California, USA. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/2009 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 2:16:47 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7284(ES44DC) |
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274 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
A February Winters Morning |
| Description: |
An Eastbound BNSF TOFC train speeds up the Cajon Pass on Main #1 on the way to Barstow California. The view is looking Northwest towards Alray and Hill 582. Taken near M.P. 57.20 on BNSFs Cajon Subdivision in the Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County California. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2010 Upload Date: 2/19/2010 2:15:19 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7304(ES44DC) |
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255 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF #7304 at Hill 582 |
| Description: |
The flat spot on the hill to the left with the trees and the stacked stone retaining walls is a well known train watching site known as "Hill 582." The name comes from its location at mile post 58.20 on the BNSF Cajon Subdivision (the track that the train is on). Union Pacifics Palmdale Cutoff which is part of U.P.s Mojave Subdivision, is the track that is located just above the train. Here, an Eastbound BNSF piggyback train heads up the pass on a warm February morning. Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County California. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2010 Upload Date: 2/19/2010 2:11:51 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7304(ES44DC) |
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242 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Red Sky out West |
| Description: |
The final rays of the sun setting in the West back light an Eastbound stack train approaching the train station in Fullerton California on a warm evening in April. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/2010 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 4:30:35 AM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7328(ES44DC) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By The Dawns Early Light |
| Description: |
An Eastbound stack train crests the top of the Cajon Pass at EBCS Summit, while passing a descending stack train headed for Los Angeles. BNSF Cajon Subdivision at M.P. 56 Cajon Pass - San Bernardino County, California. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:14:16 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7376(ES44DC) |
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269 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Control Section Walker |
| Description: |
When BNSF put in a third track through the Cajon Pass in 2007, they created a new cross over and named it "Walker" after a former Santa Fe Railroad employee who spent much of his early career with the railroad attending the old station at Cajon. Mr. Walker was known as an expert to the railfan community and is cited in a number of publications and appears in a number of videos on the subject. Mr. Walker passed away in I believe 2007, or 2008, hence this piece of track was named after him. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2009 Upload Date: 10/29/2009 2:52:09 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7404(ES44DC) |
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406 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Winter Afternoon in the Pass |
| Description: |
A Westbound stack train descends the Cajon Pass on Main #3 at Forest Service Road 3N45 while a Union Pacific manifest train climbs the hill on the Palmdale Cutoff. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:42:04 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7414(ES44DC) |
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181 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Powerline Road on Cold November Afternoon |
| Description: |
A Westbound pig train (TOFC) makes its way down the Cajon Pass on Main #3, here crossing U.S.F.S. Road 3N45 at MP 57.17. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:37:37 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7414(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Cold Cajon Afternoon |
| Description: |
A Westbound pig train (TOFC) slowly makes its way past the small bridge at MP 57.25 in the Cajon Pass. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:41:24 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7414(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
230 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Eastward Climb of Ash Hill |
| Description: |
A manifest train with the blue BNSF #2047 (The Smurf) in the consist passes through the rock cut on the eastern approach to EBCS Ash Hill. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/2012 Upload Date: 5/11/2012 9:06:39 PM |
| Location: |
Ludlow, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7434(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
166 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meet at Powerline Road (F.S. Road 3N45) |
| Description: |
As Autumn comes to the desert, the shadows are getting longer and the background is greening up after the intense heat of the Summer months. Eventually we will again be able to capture images in the pass with the snowy mountains in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2009 Upload Date: 10/29/2009 5:29:58 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7574(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
356 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sunset at Highland Avenue |
| Description: |
BNSF #7690 clears the intermediates (the signals) at Highland Avenue in Fullerton California and heads Eastbound for the trip up the Cajon Pass to Barstow. The unusual monsoonal weather has made for some interesting sunsets this past week such as this one. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/2009 Upload Date: 2/19/2010 3:00:04 AM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7690(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
269 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At Elmers Bottle Farm on Old Route 66 |
| Description: |
The Kaiser Hauler rolls out of Barstow on its way to the small yard near the old Kaiser Steel plant on the former A.T.&S.F. Pasadena Subdivision, now owned and operated by Metrolink. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/2012 Upload Date: 5/11/2012 9:08:22 PM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7745(ES44DC) |
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245 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Sunset at C.P. Walker |
| Description: |
In the waning moments of a cold Winter day before the sun slips behind the mountains, BNSF 7770 leads a manifest train up the hill towards Barstow California. The MOW worker on the right is attempting to free a stuck switch on Main #2 that blocked traffic for most of the day. Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County California. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/2009 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 2:13:16 PM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7770(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Setting Sun Over Cadiz |
| Description: |
An eastbound stack train crests the top of Cadiz Summit and starts the slow up hill climb to Danby California. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2015 Upload Date: 4/20/2015 3:49:31 PM |
| Location: |
Cadiz, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7822(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
115 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
East Pisgah - Eastbound and Down |
| Description: |
An eastbound double stack train rolls through the signals at East Pisgah in the Mojave. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/2012 Upload Date: 5/11/2012 9:25:07 PM |
| Location: |
Needles Subdivision, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7823(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
190 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Cajon Boulevard |
| Description: |
I followed this stacker down the pass from Summit and caught some good angles on it at Stein's Hill. ( Look here or Look here .) I then boogied down to Cajon Station to catch it crossing Cajon Boulevard where I almost got hit by some joker in a 4x4 trying to beat the train across the road. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:38:35 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7913(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
235 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bigger than a Bread Box! |
| Description: |
What I find fascinating about railroad locomotives is just how large they really are when you get right up next to them. Here, a Westbound BNSF stack train lead by #7413 slowly negotiates the looping corner of Main #3 in front of Stein's Hill on the Santa Fe's original track through the Cajon Pass. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:34:59 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7913(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rounding the Curve at Stein's Hill |
| Description: |
A Westbound stack train descends the Cajon Pass on Main #3 at Stein's Hill. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:39:40 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7913(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound at Silverwood on a Cold Winters Afternoon |
| Description: |
A Westbound BNSF Stack train passes another going Eastbound up the hill at CP Silverwood in the Cajon Pass. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/2010 Upload Date: 12/4/2010 2:46:08 AM |
| Location: |
San Bernardino, CA |
| Author: |
El Roco Photography |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7920(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
302 Comments: 0 |
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