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	Cajon Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cajon Pass (elevation 4,190 ft/1,277 m) is a mountain pass separating the San Bernardino Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California in the United States.
		The Santa Fe Railway was the first railroad to use the Cajon Pass as a route into the Los Angeles area.
		During October and November of 2003, a number of wildfires devastated the hills and mountainsides near and around the pass, forcing the closure of Interstate 15.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cajon_Pass (505 words)

	San Gorgonio Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pass itself is not as steep as the Cajon Pass or the Grapevine, but it is still one of the deepest mountain passes in the 48 contiguous states.
		The eastern end of the pass is at the junction of Interstate 10 and California State Route 111 near Whitewater Canyon.
		The pass is one of the windiest places in Southern California, and it is one of three major wind farms in California, with the others being at Altamont Pass and Tehachapi Pass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Gorgonio_Pass (350 words)

	The Cajon Pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		For the first several decades of its use the Pass was known for the presence of marauding Utes, under Walkera, " Hawk of the Mountains " and for Anglo and Mexican horse thieves.
		The Pass is formed by the overlapping of two mountain ranges (the San Gabriels by the San Bernardinos) rather than by the activity of an ancient or defunct river system.
		The trail winds through manzanita, yucca, chamise, sage and other high-desert plants to a vista providing a view of the Cajon Summit region and Cleghorn Ridge to the east, Ralston Peak to the southeast, Upper Lytle Creek Divide and Cucamonga Wilderness to the southwest and to the north are the Mormon Rocks.
	www.wemweb.com /traveler/towns/18cajon/cajon.html (624 words)

	San Bernardino Cajon Pass History
		The grades of this road were stated to be "only 30%," although the last 150 yards were acknowledged to be "precipitous." In the case of one caravan of fifteen wagons, it was reported that the usual unloading and reloading of the freight was avoided only by hitching 32 mules, in turn, to each wagon.
		One would connect the mines at Holcomb Valley with Cajon Pass by traversing down the north slope of the San Bernardino Mountains, and this was the one to be constructed with funds obtained from subscriptions.
		In 1865 Elliot Coues had traveled through Cajon Pass on a journey in which he retraced the route taken by Francisco Garces in 1775-76, and the data Coues gathered on the trip was later published in his book, On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer.
	members.uia.net /rdthompson/lane11.html (6800 words)

	UTU: News
		CAJON PASS - Like paratroopers springing from a plane, Brianna, Danielle and Raul Gonzales jumped from the family van as it stopped near railroad tracks in the Cajon Pass, according to the Press Enterprise.
		Keefe said the Cajon Pass and is especially interesting because its steep grade means trains brake to slow as they descend into the Los Angeles basin.
		She said the Pass is a major artery for trains heading from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to destinations east, including Chicago and New York.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=16299 (869 words)

	Cajon Pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		OCTOBER 2, Cajon Pass, Calif. -- BLE President Clarence Monin joined Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene Molitoris here yesterday for an inspection trip aboard a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train as it descended the infamous Cajon Pass, in the mountains above the Los Angeles Basin.
		The purpose of the trip was to observe operations on the section of track which has seen a number of runaway accidents, the most recent on February 1, in which two crew members were killed.
		Subsequent investigations showed that several Cajon Pass accidents and many others in the U.S. could have been prevented with newer two-way end of train telemetry devices in use.
	www.ble.org /pr/archive/newcajon.html (388 words)

	Jim's Junction - The SideTrack -> Virtual Railfanning -> Page 11
		k, it's a bad pun, but Cajon Pass is certainly a unique railroad location in many respects, not the least of which are the convergence of three major railroads, the complex terrain and the track and highway alignments.
		And, of course, Cajon Pass is the location of the renowned Sullivan's Curve.
		With the UP locomotives in the foreground, the long, straight stretch of track (rare in the Pass) and the knowledge that the picture was taken about 1977 near the summit of Cajon Pass, we can determine the photo location with some precision.
	www.jimsjunction.com /sidetrack/st01/vr11.html (597 words)

	CAJON TEXT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Located between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, the Cajon Pass is a fortuitous morphological feature attributable to San Andreas Fault motion.
		It was in Cajon Pass that Levi Noble discovered the many kilometers of right lateral slip, based on his mapping in 1926.
		CAJON PASS, ANZA BORREGO, MECCA, PALMDALE,PISGAH CRATER, RAINBOW BASIN, ST.
	seis.natsci.csulb.edu /VIRTUAL_FIELD/Cajon_Pass/cajtext.htm (315 words)

	Cajon Pass
		This breach in the mountains became the "Cajon Pass." In Spanish, "Cajon", translates to "Box", which they felt the pass was shaped like.
		The Cajon Pass was lived in and around by the Serrano Indians, although the indians of the desert would travel through on nearby trails to trade with the coastal indians.
		Trails were worn and established, and several smaller passes were used to enter the valley.
	digital-desert.com /cajon-pass (425 words)

	Desert Dispatch newspaper - Barstow, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		CAJON PASS — A series of brush fires charred more than 600 acres in the Cajon Pass Friday, snarling freeway traffic and forcing the evacuation of some 1,000 animals from Jungle Exotic, officials said.
		The fire also threatened the west side of the pass, a utility corridor for Southern California Edison.
		The fire, dubbed the Shelby Fire, is a combination of five or six fires, said John Timmer, a battalion chief and joint incident commander of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
	desertdispatch.com /cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid996338107,69088, (421 words)

	Cajon Pass Coastal Gateway
		Or if going down the pass, could get one more cup of coffee and steel their nerves for the descent.
		Cajon Pass was a natural route for the railroad when it came in 1885.
		Cajon Pass fell victim to one of these.
	www.theroadwanderer.net /RT66cajon.htm (833 words)

	Cajon Pass & San Bernardino – Gateway to Southern California
		The first paved highway was built over the pass in 1916 and was upgraded several times until the highway was replaced by I-15 in 1969.
		As you travel down the pass, keep your eyes open for “ghosts” of the old road, including a vintage “Eat” sign peeking from the roadside foliage, crumbling cabins, and pieces of the original pavement.
		Spanish missionaries were the first to settle in the area in the early 1800’s, building an outpost for other missionaries who traveled the California territory preaching to the Indians.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /CA-SanBernardino.html (781 words)

	Cajon Pass Revisited - (Day 1 - (Monkey?) Business)
		This is especially useful for where the SP main emerges from a cut just north of 138 west of Cajon Junction (Photo #1, actually from Sunday, but there weren't any good southbounds on this line Saturday).
		The rest of the day was pretty much one BNSF after another, both into and out of LA. As I mentioned earlier, most of it I spent sitting near the summit, and I have so many pictures of orange-and-green GEs rounding the curve west of the summit that it would bore you to death.
		As it turns out, two hours quickly passed into three with a good chunk of that spent at a dead stop on the 10 going east.
	www.drgw.net /trips/report.php?tr=SCA1.1 (1779 words)

	Train-Sim.Com Review: The Cajon Pass Route
		The Cajon Pass is located not far from Los Angeles, California, but far enough to be a whole different world terrain-wise, with high mountains and parched deserts...and lots of rail traveling through.
		Both the BNSF and UP have rail through the Cajon Pass itself, and 3DTrainStuff has including both routes, as well as a BNSF route from Barstow to Mojave that connects with UP at the northern end of the scenery package.
		You can run the Cajon Pass trains endlessly in explore mode of course but you don't have to, as over 30 activities are included plus 3DTrainStuff has posted additional ones on their web site for download.
	www.train-sim.com /review/cajon/cajon.htm (1132 words)

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		Let's start our tour of Cajon Pass off the Mount Vernon Bridge in San Bernardino as the Santa Fe 3328 East rolls though "A" Yard in March of 1979.
		Taken off the Interstate 15 embankment, the Southern Pacific Tank Train descends Cajon Pass with SP GP-60 9668 leading it's train into Devore in March of 1994.
		DRGW 5317 drifts by the former Cajon Campground on 5/31/82.
	www.trainweb.org /chris/Cajon.html (2249 words)

	Cajon Pass Group - Web Homepage
		The Cajon Pass Group gathers all those people interested in that part of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad that goes from San Bernardino to Victorville, California, known as Cajon Pass.
		Our page provides information on Cajon Pass and its history, pictures of how it looks today and of the trains that run thru it everyday, BNSF, ATSF Warbonnets, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
		John Thompson began organizing the group early in 1996, and he sends out a paper Newsletter to group members who volunteer to help with a project for the group.
	spazioinwind.libero.it /cajon (136 words)

	The Cajon Pass Group
		Cajon Pass Discussion Group is an online discussion for persons involved in the Cajon Pass Group.
		What follows, are sections of the original Cajon Pass Railfan Guide by Al Bowen.
		Please note that due to transient conditions, such as road or fire closures, areas described in these documents may not be accessible at this time.
	www.trainweb.org /cajongroup (631 words)

	Dean W. Armstrong: Cajon Pass
		The drop, the canyon you pass through, is Cajon Pass.
		Why there is a usuable (although steep) pass right in the middle of the mountains can't be ascribed to luck--the San Andreas Fault runs NW-SE right through the pass.
		The Cajon Pass drains through a convoluted path of washes, creeks, and dams to the sea right there.
	dwarmstr.blogspot.com /2005/09/cajon-pass.html (595 words)

	Cajon Pass
		A few minutes of this wild driving and then you are dumped out into a low plain; it's cooler, more humid; the coastal air is tinged with both Pacific moisture and the exhaust of 15 million cars.The drop, the canyon you pass through, is Cajon Pass.
		Having just made that drive from Vegas to LA last weekend, the drive through Cajon Pass always reinforces the geologic axiom that "topography is a product of geology." Everything you see has a basis in the underlying geology.
		A stream or wash will follow a fault line because the rock is broken up along the fault and more easily eroded.
	homepage.mac.com /dsyzdek/iblog/C469900404/E20050924183719 (284 words)

	UKTrainSim
		Cajon Pass: High Desert Rails Edition features a massive 240 mile route in the Californian Desert.
		For example, Tehachapi Pass was (for the most part) just a route and you'd need to make up some activities to actually get around it and enjoy it.
		There are numerous industries to keep you busy running freight between as well as the infamous 3% and 2.2% gradients that form the Cajon Pass, you'll have to keep a close eye on your controls and gauges to make sure your massive freight train doesn't turn runaway as you head down that steep 3% gradient.
	www.uktrainsim.com /index2.php?form_reader=cajon&CUTHERE=0bdcc1c51ee86c0c2ab7a472f2abee10 (1745 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Santa Fe 3759- Final Run Over Cajon Pass
		Once through the Pass, the 3759 really struts her stuff, racing eastward at 90-95 MPH with Hawkins still filming away from atop the tender.
		The train passes through the little town of Helendale, where the eastbound Grand Canyon Limited zooms by, and takes the Oro Grande siding for a hot westbound mail train and the eastbound El Capitán.
		The mountains above Cajón Pass are beautiful with their covering of snow in the crisp winter air, in an era before smog became a chronic problem in the Los Angeles Basin and beyond.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=172362 (1153 words)

	Train Sim Addons - The Cajon Pass Route - High Desert Rails Edition by 3D Train Stuff
		Installation is a breeze, just place the cd in your computer, and the auto install setup program will have you up and running one of the routes activities in a matter of minutes.
		The Santa Fe Railway was the first railroad to use Cajon Pass as its entry point into the Los Angeles area.
		This 90s version of our Cajon Pass train simulator add-on has well over 258 miles of accurate grades, prototype signaled mainlines, junctions, yards, stations, sidings, industrial spurs, realistic scenery, and natural terrain with beautiful distant mountains.
	www.3dtrainstuff.com /products/usa-branch/cajon_pass.html (659 words)

	Mormon trail from Bitter Springs to Cajon Pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On the trail of the 49ers from Bitter Springs to the Cajon Pass
		A group of Mormon Battalion members, just released from an extended tour of duty in 1848, arrived at the Chino Rancho to begin assembling their "fit out" for their trip to Utah to reunite with their loved ones after some two years' absence.
		There are no known details recorded as to the exact route followed up the top of Cajon Pass or any of the other difficult stretches where their wagon could not follow the mule trail.
	www.wemweb.com /arduous-road/trail49ers.html (3058 words)

	Lodging.com: Hotel Details
		The Best Western Cajon Pass is the perfect place for a peaceful rest in a mountain pass.
		The Best Western Cajon Pass is located at the Northwest corner of Interstate 15 and Highway 138, 10 miles east of Phelan.
		The Best Western Cajon Pass is left behind Circle K and Del Taco.
	www.lodging.com /App/ViewSpecificHotelLP?masterId=36144 (452 words)

	Route 66 San Bernardino and Foothill Blvd.
		Cajon Pass, the famous gateway to San Bernardino and Southern California has long been an important natural route.
		Just around the corner behind a row of boulders is the site of an old Federal camp used in the 1930's to provide a safe haven for the Dustbowl emigrants or "Oakies," who were facing much bitter harassment from the locals.
		Unfortunately this stretch of Route 66 comes to an end and it is time to rejoin the Interstate at Kenwood Ave.
	www.cart66pf.org /Map/66west2.htm (1125 words)

	Cajon Pass, California CA Gateway to the High Desert Investments Land and Homes For Sale MLS and Land Resources Cajon ...
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	www.cajonpass15.com (348 words)

	eBay - cajon pass, Postcards Paper, Transportation items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		ATSF 220 Class in Cajon Pass in the late 1950's
		CA CAJON PASS COAST RANGE SF Streamliner postcard
		Cajon Pass At Coast Range Summit, California, 1934
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=cajon+pass&newu=1&krd=1 (466 words)

	Cajon Pass Fire
		The Cajon Pass Fire - June 18, 2002
		...I know I probably would be as this train passes through a wall of smoke.
		A water truck keeps the bridge on Main 1 at Alray moist.
	www.juddspittler.com /cajonfire (280 words)

	- CA fires to threat Cajon Pass operations ?
		The pass was closed to rail traffic for at least part of the time.
		I have also read that both UP and BNSF have a shortage of rested train crews in the area as schedules are so messed up.
		> which will serve to extend the closure of the "forest" lands within the pass to recreational use (e.g.
	www.trainnet.org /dcforum/DCForumID8/191.html (354 words)

	Cajon Pass
		Beautiful view of Cajon Pass Mountain at 2000 PSS Festival.
		This is a West wind canyon slope - Awesome place to fly, and host of the first annual PSS slope rally.
		Take the I-15 N to the top of Cajon pass, to Oak Hill road off ramp.
	www.sloperacing.com /sites/cajon_pass.htm (321 words)

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