Cajon Pass

From Tygerways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOiK6aVDB-M&list=WL&index=14

Lead Unit

Turn on banking radio (in lead unit only)
Insert reverser
Eng field etc on
Cab signals on (rear cabinet) for alerter
Enter train length on VDU in feet (from pause screen)
Set up brakes on VDU
Lights on
Distribute power set to local
Banking comm on
Independent brake on
Train brake off (may take a while for brakes to release on a long train)
Notch 2
Slowly release independent
Notch 4

Coupled and DPU Units

It seems that you don't have to set these units up.

Once they are on, brakes can not be reduced unless you release them fully. Going down a grade with 15,000 tonnes, you don't want to release the brakes as the train will accelerate very quickly.

It is a matter of balancing dynamic brakes with air brakes. Dynamic brakes respond quicker and can be adjusted in any amount to control speed.

Apply dynamic brakes fully, then apply main brake. Bail off loco brakes.

Aim for 27mph on the 30mph down grade, and 37mph on 40mph sections. Don't go above 40mph.

Set equalizing reservoir to 77lb. Use dynamic brake to control speed at 27mph.

Barstow

30
Left curve 3 tracks
60

Valley Junction

Junction to right
Bridge over rail
OHB - Barstow Bakersfield Hwy
Signal
Junction from right
Left curve
Signal
End of 3 tracks
OHB Lenwood Rd
Long straight
Signal and crossovers
Slight left curve
Fault detector
Signal
9 mile post
Slight left curve
10 mile post
W
L/X - Hinkley Road
Right curve and signal
12 mile post
Right curve
13 mile post
Signal and crossover
Long straight
15 mile post
Bridge
Signal
Right curve - Lords Road on right
Bridge - Holcomb Ranch Rd
Left curve
17 mile post
W
L/C
L/X - Indian Trail
Right curve
18 mile post
Signal
Left curve
19 mile post
Right curve
Left curve
20 mile post

Helendale

Siding on right
Signal
W
L/X - Vista Road
Left curve
W
L/X Darghty Rd
Signal
24 mile post
National Trails Hwy on left turns away
Alamo solar farm on right
25 mile post
W
26 mile post
L/X and signal - Bryman Rd
Left curve
W
Right curve and L/X - North Bryman Rd - Heritage Way
L/C
Fault detector
L/X - Robinson Ranch Rd
29 mile post
Signal and crossovers
Slight left curve
30 mile post
Speed warning sign - 55 ahead
Large complex visible approaching on left
Bridge over National Trails Hwy
Left curve
31 mile post
Sidings on left at complex

Oro Grande

Yard on left
55 - 35 warning board
L/X and right curve - Walton Drive
Signal
Left curve
33 mile post
Highway bridge over Mojave River on right
35
Right curve
34 mile post
Bridge over Mojave River
Left curve
Warning 45 ahead
45
Signal and crossover
Right curve
Victorville cement works on left
Sidings on left
35 mile post
Cement silos
Warning boad 35
Right curve

Victorville

45
OHB - Mojave Fwy
Left curve - 4 tracks
Sidings left and right before Victorville Station
L/X before Victorville Station - 6th Street
If exiting from siding as spawn point, 10 mph until clear
37 mile post
Right curve and OHB - D Street
35
Left curve
Long straight
W
L/X - Park Road
Signal
Crossovers
Right curve - lines separate a bit here
40
Slight left curve 1.6% grade
38 mile post
Bridge over other track and right curve
Left curve - rejoin other track
45
Straight
Signal - 1.4%
Right curve then siding on right
Left curve
Right siding ends
OHB - Bear Valley Rd
Right curve
50
Long Straight
Signal and fault detectors
Bridge over wash and left curve
Siding on left
55
Junction from Lucerne Valley sub on left

Hesperia

Signal and OHB - Main Street
Long straight - 1.2%
65 - Right curve
55 about 600 yards from curve
Signal
Bridge - Ranchero Rd
Right curve
Fault detector
50
Right curve with microwave dish
L/X (no W sign before) just after curve
Left curve
Right curve
Signal just out of curve
Crossovers
50
Right curve
Left curve
Slight right curves X 2
Left curve
52 mile post
Right curve
Greaser
50 (less than 1000 yards to reduction to 40 if diverging at next junction)
Signal and 40 and junction to 3rd track on right

Martinez

Left curve
Left curve
Left curve
W
Right curve
Unmodelled L/X
Shack and sidings on right

Hiland

Left curve
Right curve (end of sidings on embankment on right)
Warning for 45 ahead
W
Signal Summit Road junction

Summit

L/X - Summit Rd - aim for no more than 20 mph here
Old Route - 3% grade - keep speed under 20 mph
New route - 2.2% grade. Keep speed under 27 mph
45
Right curve

Silverwood - downhill from here

Signal at end of curve! Old route diverges to left. UP connection to right.
45 sign - only 900 yards to 30 mph
Left curve
57 mile post 2.2%
Bridge over wash
30
Left curve
Straight
58 mile post
Signal
Right curve
Left curve
Left curve
UP tracks and signals on embankment on right
Right curve
Bridge - foamer shacks on right
Left curve
Right curve and OHB - I-31
Signal at end of curve!
Crossovers
W

Walker

Siding on left
Left curve
L/X - Davis Ranch Road
Right curve - HV tower and phone tower on left
Bridge and left curve

Canyon

OHB - CA-138
Straight - Canton Junction on map
Signal
Left curve
Warning board 45 ahead
Right curve
Right curve and cutting
35
Left curve - UP on right
W
35
L/X - Santa Fe Fire Rd
Right curve
Warning 35 ahead
L/X
Bridge
L/X
Old route on left

Cajon

Siding diverges on right
45
Signal
Crossovers
3 tracks
Bridge and Right curve
Left curve
35

Cosy Dell

Right curve
W
Vendor and caravan on left
L/X - Swarthout Canyon Rd
Right curve
65 mile post
Signal at end of curve!
Bridge and left curve
Left curve
Left curve
W
Left curve - Keenbrook trailer park on right
OHB
45
Slight left curve and L/X - Keenbrook Rd
Right curve
Signal not long past curve
Siding on right
Slight left curve
Retaining wall on right
Right curve
68 mile post
Left curve
W
Warning board 40 ahead
69 mile post and slight kink to right
Signal

Keenbrook

Crossovers
Keenbrook UP connection track on right
70 mile post
OHB and left curve - Ontario Fwy I-15
40
Bridge over Cajon Wash
Right curve and OHB - Glen Helen Parkway

Devore

Siding on right
Right curve
Warehouse complex on left
Left curve
45 and 72 mile post
Right curve
Bridge over Cajon Bvd
Sidings on right
55
San Bernadino Mill on right
73 mile post
Slight right curve
Siding on left
Straight
Signal

Verdmont

Crossovers
OHB - Palm Ave
Long straight
4 tracks
Bridge over Cable Creek
6 tracks
Entrance from further sidings on left
76 mile post
Signal - slow to 15 mph by the right curve after Foothill Fwy Bridge (Baseline) if yellow
Billboard
OHB - State street - short easing of grade
Long straight continues
4 tracks
OHB X 4 - Foothill Fwy
Slight left curve
OHB - West Highland Ave
OHB and 79 mile post - North Massachusetts Ave
3 tracks
Right curve
OHB - West 16th St
Signal near end of curve!

Baseline

Crossovers
OHB - West Baseline St
OHB with lattice
Signal
15 mph for siding on right leading to BNSF Intermodal Facility
30
OHB - West 5th St
Right curve
San Bernadino Station on left
Signal Dwarf
Left curve and OHB
Left curve
Signal
OHB - West Rialto
Left curve
San Bernadino B Yard on a -1.2% grade
OHB - Mill St

3% grades - keep speed under 20 mph until Cajon.

30
Left curve
W
57 mile post
Bridge - 3%
Curves and level crossings
58 mile post
Bridge - Bald Mesa Rd
60 mile post
OHB - I-35
Warning - 45 ahead
Left curve
Bridge
Bridge over wash
Signal - 3%
OHB - CA-38
61 mile post
W
Bridge over wash
Right curve
L/X
45
Signal
Junction with BNCF lines
Combined Route

10 in yard from Rana
90° turn towards San Bernadino International Intermodal Facility and Station
OHB
San Bernadio International Intermodal Facility on left
Signal dwarf

San Bernadio

Signal
90° curve left
30
OHB - West 5th St
Sidings entering from left
55
OHB - West 9th St
Signals and crossovers
OHB - West Baseline St - 1%

Baseline

Left curve and OHB - West 16th St - 1.2%
OHB X 2
Right curve
OHB - Wet 27th St
Sidings on left
OHB X 3 - Foothills Fwy
Long straight - 2.2%
Signal OHB and ad sign - State St 0.5% short section then 2.1%
6 tracks - 2.1%
4 tracks
75 mile post
Signal - 2.2%
3 tracks
OHB - Palm Avenue

Verdemont

Crossovers
Warning 40 ahead
Sidings both sides
Left curve and silos on left (San Bernadino Mill)
45
Left curve 3 tracks
Bridge over Cajon Bvd - 2.2%
Right curve - huge warehouse complex on right
UP Majove Sub on left
Signal
40
Left curve

Devore

Siding on left - 2.0%
71 mile post
OHB and left curve - Glen Helen Parkway
Bridge over Cajon Wash
Right curve and OHB - Ontario Fwy
Straight
70 mile post and greaser

Keenbrook

Signal
Connection from UP and crossovers
Slight left curve
69 mile post - unmodelled L/X
Right curve - 1.9%
68 mile post and left curve - 2.2%
Wall of UP on left
Slight right curve and left curve
Siding on left
Signal
67 mile post
W
Left curve
Greaser
L/X - Keenbrook Rd
35
Right curve
Greaser
Right curve
66 mile post
Right curve - 66 sign on hill on left
Ad sign on right
Slight right curve and bridge
Signal and left curve
65 mile post
Fault detector
L/X - Swarthout Canyon Rd
Left curve
Warning 35 ahead
Greaser
45
64 mile post - 2.2%
Right curve
Left curve
Bridge over Cajon Wash

Cajon

Signal
Crossovers and junction to old route
W
Greaser
35
Left curve - tight
L/X Santa Fe Fire Road
Bridge - Crowder Creek
62 mile post
L/X Santa Fe Fire Rd
35
Right curve - tight
35
Left curve and cutting
Left curve and greaser
61 mile post - 2.1%
Slight right curve

Canyon

Signal
30 + right curve + OHB - CA138
Bridge over dry creek
Left curve
60 mile post
Greaser
Right curve - tight
W
L/X - Davis Ranch Rd
Siding on right
Signal and left curve
Crossovers
Left curve
OHB - Mojave Fwy I-15
59 mile post
Right curve
Bridge - Baldy Mesa Rd
Left curve and cuttting
Warning 40 ahead
Right curve
Right curve - 2.2%
Left curve
Signal
58 mile post
Greaser
Right curve
40
Bridge over wash
Right curve
57 mile post
Signal at end of curve
45

Silverwood

Junction from UP line on left and old route on right
Left curve
Signal at end of curve
L/X - Summit Rd
Siding on right
Left curve
Right curve - sidings on top of embankment on left

Downhill from here to Barstow - 1.5% to Victorville, then varies from 0.7 to level.

Aim for top speeed of 40mph with 77lb brakes and dynamic (bail off engine brakes)

Hesperia

Aim for no more than 40mph due to long downhill continuing

Right curve
50 1.5% downhill
45 left curve
Siding on left to Nisqualli Road factory area
Right curve -1.6%
Left curve
Signal on straight with crossovers past Mojave Narrows Regional Park
OHB - Up and down lines cross 1% down hill
39 mile post
Straight - gradient levels out to 0.7%
Signal and crossovers just before L/X
38 mile post
35 Left curve through gorge
OHB
37 mile post
45 Right curve - ignore due to 35 coming up in 1.3 miles

Victorville

Cement Works on right
Signal at end of cement sidings on right
Left curve
35 Crossover
Right curve and truss bridge
34 mile post
Left curve
55 at start of straight - level track
Right curve
33 mile post
Signal in straight

Oro Grande

Right curve
32 mile post
Right curve
30 mile post
Signal on straight on bend in highway before L/X
29 mile post
Right curve
28 mile post
Left curve and L/X - North Bryman Rd
27 mile post
Right curve
Signal L/X Bryman Rd / Heritage Way
26 mile post
Long straight - solar farm on left
25 mile post
Bridge over Cardoza Rd (dirt)
24 mile post
Signal at L/X Darghty Road
Right curve
L/X - Vista Road - 22 mile post

Helendale

Sidings left and right
Signal at end of sidings - 21 mile post
Slight right curve then right curve
20 mile post
Gentle left curve
Straight
19 mile post
Gentle right curve
Signal
Slight left curve - Lords Rd on left 18 mile post
L/X - Indian Trail
Right curve - 17 mile post
Straight
16 mile post
Signal on straight - National Trails Hwy on right
Bridges
15 mile post
14 mile post
Signal and crossover
Left curve - 13 mile post
Straight - hwy stillon right
12 mile post
Left curve away from hwy
Signal on curve
Bridge 11 mile post
Bridge
Right curve
L/X Hinkley Road
Bridge - 10 mile post
Signal and bridge - 9 mile post
Bridge
Slight right curve
7 mile post
Signal and bridge
60 warning sign
Road on left (not on map)
OHB - Lenwood Rd
Signal for left road only to junction
5 mile post
3 tracks - 1 mile to Barstow
Siding from right (not on map)
60 - ignore - 30 ahead
Slight left curve
Signal just after curve with bridge
OHB - Bastow-Bakersfield Hwy
4 mile post

Valley Junction

Bridge over junction from left
Converging tracks from left
Right curve
Signal at end of curve - slow to 25 for yard ahead
30 Junction into Barstow yard
25 in yard

Barstow

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Contents

Cajon Pass

Descending the Grade

Barstow to San Bernadino

Combined Route

Old Route

San Bernadino to Barstow

Signalling