THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO A ROUTE THROUGH THE CAJON PASS BY CONSTRUCTING A NEW LINE FROM COLTON TO PALMDALE. THE NEW LINE SAW ITS FIRST REVENUE FREIGHT TRAIN IN 1967. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I MADE TRIPS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE RARE EVENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAILROAD LINE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED HERE ARE THE FRUIT OF THOSE LONG AGO EXCURSIONS. THIS IS NOT THE LAST OF THE CHANGES AT CAJON PASS AS YOU WILL SEE IN A FUTURE POST. BY GOLLY, I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME IN 1967!
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- 1964 VIEW OF THE DEPOT AT SUMMIT STATION
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- CAJON SUMMIT DEPOT
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- CAJON SUMMIT
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- OBSERVATION POST OF PACIFIC RAIL SOCIETY
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- A BUSY PLACE AT TIMES
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- WHAT’S UP DOC?
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- WE WILL NOT SEE THIS AGAIN
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- BIG POWER – THEN
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- 3% GRADE IS USED AS THE DOWN TRACK FOR WESTBOUND TRAINS – I WONDER WHY.
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- A HINT OF BIG CHANGES TO COME IN CAJON PASS
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- “CUT AND FILL” OPERATION
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- A VERY BIG CUT ON THE NEW LINE
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- WELDED RAIL TRAIN
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- TIES ARE READY TO LAY
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- CAJON ACTION WITH NEW S.P. LINE IN THE BACK GROUND
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- DON’T WORRY, THE ALIGNMENT WILL GET BETTER
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- A BIG CUT ON THE NEW LINE
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- S.P. WORK TRAIN IN THE BACKGROUND
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- CAJON SUMMIT WITH S.P. LINE
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- CAJON SUMMIT AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF S.P.R.R. LINE
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- ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES
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- S.P. FREIGHT ON THE NEW S.P. LINE
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- IT REALLY WAS A BIG PROJECT
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- WOULD HERB SULLIVAN APPROVE?
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- SULLIVAN’S CURVE WITH A NEW LOOK
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- WELDED RAIL TRAIN
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- RAIL LAYING MACHINE
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- END OF TRACK FOR TODAY
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- WELDED RAIL RACKS
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- TUNNELS ARE OLD FASHIONED NOW
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- EASTBOUND ON THE S.P. LINE
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- I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST S.P. FREIGHT ON THE NEW LINE
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- I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT HE SEEMS HAPPY WITH THE NEW LINE
PIXORAILS 
We are about to start building the Old Summit section of our N gauge model of Cajon Pass, inthe UK.These photos will be most useful to us, so thanks for posting them.
We are just about to start modelling the Old Summit at Cajon Pass on our Ngauge layout, being built in the UK. These photos will be very useful, so thank you for posting them.