Snow Day! Cajon Pass Railfanning during the 2023 California Blizzards 2/23/2023

Here's some trains in Cajon Pass on the first day of the freak blizzards that hit SoCal, blanketting places like Cajon Pass with abnormally high levels of snow. I went just as that was ramping up, so there wasn't a whole lot of snow on the ground, but did get a sizable shower in the middle of the day. Despite there not being heaps of snow, the dusted ground still made for a unique experience for me in the pass, and was enjoyable as I missed the heavy traffic, dangerous road conditions, and high amount of other railfans in the pass. I saw trains on both the BNSF Cajon Subdivision and the UP Mojave Subdivision. There was almost a 1:1 ratio of BNSF to UP trains which was neat, as UP can sometimes be pretty scarce in the pass. I hope you enjoyed and thanks for watching!
Locations and trains listed below:
Cajon Summit Overlook:
Train 1: UP ZLBDV 23
Head End:
UP 8829~SD70AH
UP 8340~SD70ACe
KCSM 4138~SD70ACe
UP 4199~SD70M
Rear End:
UP 5654~AC4400CW / C44ACCTE
Train 2: BNSF Q-ATGLAC6-17L (horn)
Head End:
BNSF 7150~ES44C4
BNSF 5042~C44-9W
BNSF 3743~ET44C4
West of Silverwood (3N45):
Train 3: UP MRVLB 21
Head End:
UP 6367~C44ACM
UP 4137~SD70M
UP 7702~ES44AC / C45ACCTE
Rear End:
UP 6199~AC4400CW / C44AC
UP 8339~SD70ACe
Train 4: BNSF Z-LACWSP8-23U
Head End:
BNSF 8282~ES44C4
BNSF 6850~ES44C4
BNSF 8379~ES44C4
BNSF 704~C44-9W
BNSF 3819~ET44C4
Train 5: UP MOGWC 21
Head End:
UP 5549~ES44AC / C45ACCTE
UP 4882~SD70M
UP 6762~AC4400CW / C44AC
UP 2737~ET44AH / C45AH
Middle:
CSXT 7270~CM44AC
Train 6: BNSF Z-LACNYC1-23U
Head End:
BNSF 7522~ES44DC
BNSF 4356~C44-9W
BNSF 7529~ES44DC
BNSF 6896~ES44C4
BNSF 8015~ES44C4
Train 7: BNSF S-MEMLBT1-18A
Head End:
BNSF 4413~C44-9W
BNSF 727~C44-9W (H3)
BNSF 3801~ET44C4
Train 8: UP MWCNP 23
Head End:
UP 8608~SD70ACe (New Scheme)
UP 6230~C44ACM
UP 8016~ES44AC / C45ACCTE
UP 6303~AC4400CW / C44AC
Swarthout Canyon:
Train 9: BNSF Z-LPKLAC6-20A
Head End:
BNSF 4329~C44-9W
BNSF 7576~ES44DC
NS 8015~ES44AC
BNSF 7791~ES44DC
BNSF 8201~ES44C4
Swarthout Canyon and Summit Overlook:
Train 10: BNSF Z-LACNWH3-23A
Head End:
BNSF 3913~ET44C4
BNSF 611~AC44C4M
BNSF 7819~ES44DC
BNSF 7431~ES44DC
Cajon Summit Overlook:
Train 11: BNSF L-CAL0121-23T (BNSF Kaiser Hauler)
Head End:
BNSF 8061~ES44C4
BNSF 7724~ES44DC
BNSF 7760~ES44DC
BNSF 8149~ES44C4
Train 12: BNSF +H-BARSDG1-23A
Head End:
BNSF 5127~C44-9W
BNSF 5333~C44-9W
BNSF 7172~ES44C4
Train 13: BNSF S-LHTLPC1-22L
Head End:
BNSF 4162~C44-9W
BNSF 6719~ES44C4
BNSF 5381~C44-9W
BNSF 6812~ES44C4
Middle:
BNSF 7579~ES44DC
BNSF 7245~ES44DC
Rear End:
BNSF 7361~ES44DC
BNSF 7555~ES44DC
Train 14: BNSF L-CAL0111-23T (BNSF Kaiser Yard)
Head End:
BNSF 7680~ES44DC
BNSF 6795~ES44C4
BNSF 7079~ES44C4
Train 15: UP OS1UT 22
Head End:
UP 5825~AC4400CW / C44ACCTE
UP 5795~AC4400CW / C44ACCTE
UP 6767~AC4400CW / C44AC
UP 4174~SD70M
UP 4408~SD70M
UP 2524~ES44AH / C45AH
Cajon Summit:
Train 16: BNSF D-BARLAC4-23T
Consist:
BNSF 4203~ES44C4
BNSF 1073~C44-9W
BNSF 7915~ES44DC
BNSF 6355~ES44AC
BNSF 8184~ES44C4
BNSF 6606~ES44C4
BNSF 7467~ES44DC
BNSF 6088~ES44AC
BNSF 5238~C44-9W
BNSF 8044~ES44C4
BNSF 753~C44-9W
Train 17: UP MWCRVX 23
Head End:
UP 8726~SD70ACe
UP 8475~SD70ACe
UP 9050~SD70AH
UP 8797~SD70ACe
UP 8429~SD70ACe
UP 5160~SD70M
Rear End:
UP 8213~ES44AH / C45AH
Swarthout Canyon/Cajon Wash:
Train 18: BNSF D-BARLAC4-23T
Consist:
BNSF 4203~ES44C4
BNSF 1073~C44-9W
BNSF 7915~ES44DC
BNSF 6355~ES44AC
BNSF 8184~ES44C4
BNSF 6606~ES44C4
BNSF 7467~ES44DC
BNSF 6088~ES44AC
BNSF 5238~C44-9W
BNSF 8044~ES44C4
BNSF 753~C44-9W
Mormon Rocks:
Train 19: BNSF XH-BARWAT1-23A
Head End:
BNSF 3???
BNSF 3???
BNSF 3???
BNSF ????
Cajon Summit Overlook:
Train 20: BNSF Z-SBDALT4-23A
Head End:
BNSF 6253~ES44AC
BNSF 1089~C44-9W
BNSF 4164~C44-9W
BNSF 4607~C44-9W
Pine Lodge:
Train 21: BNSF H-WCLBAR1-23F
Head End:
BNSF 5708~AC4400CW
BNSF 6677~ES44C4
BNSF 7905~ES44AC
BNSF 6793~ES44C4

[@SPGreg]

Excellent video as always!👍👍👍👍

[@thomasschaefer3636]

❤❤I like 🤩 The hills of mountains of cajon pass of 🚂🚂🚆🚆 trains of Burlington northern Santa Fe trInstheir the best

[@mxderate]

Here to celebrate this videos 7 month anniversary

[@user-bq1wv3xv4p]

CANADIAN PACIFIC BNSF RCPE KORAIL 디젤전기기관차를 결합하고나서 CP 조차장역에서 장대 혼합화물열차를 연결해서 출발한다.