From Mojave by Rail FB Group

[Subdeacon Joe]

A photo in my Cajon Pass book available at www.arcadiapublishing.com displays railroad surveyors working in 1884. Much of the construction was done by Chinese laborers who had been imported to work primarily in the gold fields. They built wooden trestles over canyons (good photo in Cajon Pass) and dug tunnels through hills, like Alray. Now the canyons have been filled and the tunnels have been bypassed for a smoother ride.
One reason stops were made and all the stations was to cool off the wheels especially on trains going down the Pass.  Train wrecks were common in the Cajon Pass in the early railroading day, cleaning them up was a monumental chore. If you like train wreck photos, here are several for your viewing pleasure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

The pass is a major North South route still in use today.

You hear the trains when shooting at the Cajon Cowboys range in Devore.