With it's mid-train, "swing helpers" having just ducked into the darkness of Tunnel 5 in the background at Cliff, BNSF 8022 leads the headed of this snaking Fresno-bound grain train towa... (more)
While not covering the hills in masses like past springs have produced, splashes of color can still be found in the hills of Tehachapi as found here at Cliff. BNSF 7037 is seen breaking the silenc... (more)
Exiting the west portal of Tunnel 5, Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight snakes downgrade from Cliff toward Bealville as a Union Pacific signal maintainer pauses from opening the gate to the privat... (more)
Rounding the horseshoe curve at the northern end of the Cliff siding, Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, prepares to enter Tunnel 5 during its decent of Tehachapi Pass. To the left and off... (more)
Every one of the nine EMDs on this eastbound SP coal drag--including the four here on the rear--are screaming in notch 8 to lift 10,000 tons up the steep grade at the east end of Cliff. The coal i... (more)