Just finished scanning 44 slides from from a 26 September 86 visit to Cajon. These three struck me from the perspective of how much "fun" it was to shoot graffiti-free freight cars back then.
1. In the first image, at 0943 we see Santa Fe tank cars, eb, east of Sullivan's Curve.
2. More than five hours late, a westbound Santa Fe manifest dropped down the north track around Sullivan's Curve. Those are either Plymouth or Dodge mini-vans atop the auto racks, and the one nearest the camera is a "woody." Perhaps not as secure and damage free as today's variety, but open auto-racks were always a fun way to preview Detroit's latest products.
3. And finally, the way all freights climbing steep grades should end. At 1615, an immaculate, freshly painted Burlington Northern Hy-Cube #395008, an Ashley, Drew & Northern 50 ft box, a tank car, a caboose, and two Santa Fe GP35u's, with #2886 leading, pushing for all their worth past Cajon Station.
This was railroading!
