Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Scenic Wildflowers Trains Spiders & Insects Search Tehachapi Road Trip Spring 2015 Part 4      Home        Part 1        Part 2        Part 3        Part 4        Part 5        Part 6        Part 7        Part 8        Part 9        Part 10   Cajon Pass Freight Trains Depending on the load, it takes 5 large 100 ton engines to pull a train with 100 cars up this 2.2 percent Cajon Pass grade. The train is over a mile long and weighs thousands of tons! This area is along the San Andreas Fault. One track has a section with a 3 percent grade which is the limit for long freight trains. More Cajon Pass Freight Train Images All images on this page copyright © W.P. Armstrong