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| Last updated on December 18, 2020
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A westbound Union Pacific manifest freight works its way toward Los Angeles in October 2013 in the “Blue Cut” section of California’s famed Cajon Pass. With the lead locomotives a mile away in the distance, you gain a better perspective of magnitude of the San Gabriel Mountains and the challenges railroads overcame more than 125 years ago. Photo by Steve Sweeney
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First, manifest trains don’t normally go to Los Angeles, but West Colton Classification Yard in Colton-Fontana, Calif., about 50-60 miles east of Los Angeles. Second, depending on when the timetable was changed, the train is eastbound or southbound.