SP baywindow caboose 1881 tags on the rear of an extra east climbing Tehachapi grade at Cliff March 29, 1975 when California state's Poppy flower was in bloom.
A rare BNSF, UP, CN consist is on a Stokton, CA to Willow Springs, IL intermodel train charges out of Tunnel 5 at Cliff as the Canadian National SD70M-2 puffs out a lot of smoke.
An SP eastbound roars through the deep cut where tunnel 6 once was as a westbound Santa Fe pig train recedes in the distance. The photographer is in the midst of a race with an eastbound SP 10,000... (more)
5 GP35's and a GP20 negotiate the curves between switches at Cliff siding as they work uphill with a mixed manifest train.
A Wild Ride! Chasing the PRS special was a wild ride, especially on the way to Cliff. My friend and drove the back roads of Tehachapi and just after it rains, it's a slip and slide all th... (more)
Not many railfans venture back to the location that gives Cliff Siding it's name. BNSF Z FRSCHI7 07 rolls over multiple concrete embankments holding the track to the side of the mountains.
On a warm spring afternoon, a BNSF westbound pops out of tunel 5 after going through the twists and turns of Cliff on the UP Mojave Sub. Photo taken with permission.
The only shot from Cliff. With everyone trying to the most shot of the special, people were going to common locations. My friend and I want to get shot that no one else had, so we did some off roa... (more)
High above Tehachapi Creek, a rather short Fresno bound manifest hugs the side of the hills at Cliff, as it glides downgrade toward Bakersfield.
On a warm spring morning, an eastbound intermodal twists its way upgrade through the curves at Cliff high above Tehachapi Creek.
UP 1989 leads a West Colton to Fresno manifest, as it approaches Tunnel #5 at the north end of Cliff.
UP 4308 and 2 of her smoky sisters emerge out of tunnel 5 at Cliff.
With the low evening sun dropping into the San Joaquin Valley haze, the Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe rolls downhill through Cliff with a westbound manifest. Following this train over the pass on th... (more)
C44-9W #5261 leads a Stockton, CA to Chicago, Il stack train through Cliff, as it works its way up the 2.1% grade toward the summit at Tehachapi.
Two DPUs shove on the rear of a southbound manifest through Cliff, where the tracks cling to the side of the hills carved out by the Tehachapi Creek.
