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Check out this site, it has all you could ever want to know about Cajon: http://spazioinwind.libero.it/cajon/index.htm Also, look for books by Chard Walker. He wrote a few that are very good. He worked for ATSF for years as a 2nd trick trainorder operator at Summit (of the pass) - I think from 1948 thu around 1967 when they closed the Summit station and moved him out to the station in Victorville, not far from Cajon. He might have even worked in Barstow briefly around that time. He still lives in the area, though long retired now. His book "Cajon - Rail Passage to the Pacific" is the definitive work on rr'g in the pass. It was published back in the 80's, but is easily found at used books sites or stores and at a decent price. Also try to find the Trains issue from sometime in 1974 where they did a great - CLASSIC -cover article on Cajon by the noted Richard Steinheimer. I have it but I'm at work at the moment, so I forget the exact month it was in. To me that was the definitive magazine article on Cajon and it was contemporary to the era you asked about. Trains also started off their On Location video series with Cajon Pass as the first tape offered. They did that back in January? 1995 and even had a very nice companion On Location cover article in Trains that month. The video is outstanding, and deservedly won a prestigous video award. That whole series of videos is outstanding and worth getting - each tape covered a different classic hotspot (like Tehachapi, Horseshoe Curve, Feather River Canyon, etc.) I live at the foot of Cajon Pass myself, and it is as fascinating in person, dare I say even far better than it comes across in all of the books, magazine articles and videos done on it. If you ever get an opportunity to visit Cajon, jump on it. You won't regret it. I've known some railfans who had never been to the Pass in person but were so tired of seeing so much on it in the rail mags and books that they weren't that interested in ever going to see it firsthand. That all changed after they actually got a chance to come see for themselves. It can be spellbinding. Another great classic spot - Tehachapi, is only about two hours north of Cajon. Tha same things can be said about it. John Signor wrote the definitve book on it. His book is still readily available new in well stocked hobby shops. Good luck! Greg
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