Cajon Pass was the site of a major accident on December 14, 1994, when a westbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe intermodal train lost control and crashed into the rear of a westbound Union Pacific coal train just below California Highway 138, between Alray and Cajon. [17]

2023年11月29日 · Cajon Pass is a mountain pass between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains and the route of the Old Spanish Trail. This important box canyon has been used by thousands of years as a passage from the Mojave Desert to the Los Angeles Basin.

Indian, explorer, prospector and pioneer – all braved the rigors of "El Cajon" to arrive in San Bernardino Valley. Several trails through the pass were used by pack trains before improved routes were made. The principal trail was the Santa Fe (or Old Spanish) Trail.

2024年6月21日 · Cajon Pass is not a town or a village, it is a Mountain Pass between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, used for thousands of years to cross from the Mojave Desert into the coastal areas around Los Angeles.

The economy of the desert community in pioneer days was, and still is for that matter, tied inextricably to the road through Cajon Pass. Practically everyone used this route to travel back and forth between the desert and the inland valleys or the coast.

The Cajon Pass is the valley that separates the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountain ranges. At one time these two ranges were one, formed by the San Andreas fault where two continental plates, the North American and the Pacific plates push against each other.

Cajon Pass, which separates the San Gabriel Mountains from the San Bernardino Mountains, was once the only gateway negotiable by wagon trains. It was here that the Mojave Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the Spanish Trail converged.

2012年8月25日 · Before Route 66 reaches the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, it has one last obstacle to negotiate – the Cajon Pass. Other than a small mountain pass east of Albuquerque and the high summits near Flagstaff, the Cajon Pass is the most significant mountain pass along the entire length of Route 66.

2012年10月1日 · Many changes to the route have occurred since I first went to the Cajon Pass to photograph the railroad operations. I have recently found slides in my untended “collection” which document the changes at Cajon Summit since about 1962 – at least some of them. I will share them with you in phases.

Cajon Pass stretches from the summit and down past the Blue Cut Rest Area to Devore. That includes the communities of Cajon Junction and Cajon. 5970 Mariposa Rd. (I-15 Exit 138) This rest area is home to a stone wall along the Blue Creek Canyon. There is also a historic marker here ... read more. Stay tuned, there's more to come!