Tehachapi Railfanning

My dad wanted to check out Tunnel 5 just below Cliff a few Fridays ago, so after a trip to Trona yielded no results (with a dust storm having inexplicably settled in over Searles) we headed up to Tehachapi to check out the location. A grain train is shown getting a crew change at Bealville, followed by a quick chase down to Allard to get it going through the reverse curves, and then we head up to Cliff to get a parade of southbounds passing through Tunnel 5! This was a great, productive afternoon and I hope you enjoy watching the results!
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[@alexschmollinger6576]

I Remember Tehachapi When it was both Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe in the 1990s When I was a Kid Railfanning with my late Dad Steve Schmollinger And Tehachapi Will Always be My Favorite Railfan Location
Awesome Video
Railfan Junction 💯💯💯💯💯💯🤘🤘

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you so much!! Glad that you like watching them, Tehachapi is a favorite of mine too!!

[@ferroviarionomade]

Beautiful images, very good! Hugs!! 👍

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you so much!!

[@RailwayCollection]

Love the arrangements of each scene! It's really cool to see such long trains~ Can't wait to see your new works!!

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you so much! If you're interested in more Tehachapi content I have an entire 22 hour series dedicated to it on a playlist on my channel!

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Amazing rail movie! Good work, master! Great captures! MEGA LIKE 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂😎😎👍👍
Greetings from Romania
Andrew

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you so much!!!

[@geac9100]

All our grain is being exported and we are warned of food shortages?
Greed and the dismantling of America.
Great video.

[@RailfanJunction]

Oh that grain is actually heading for a feedlot in the San Joaquin Valley near Corcoran called Guernsey! AFAIK I don't think there's any grain that's exported from California ports, though I might be incorrect in that.

[@voidwalker9223]

there isnt really a grain shortage lol most of it comes from Canada. Ukraines grain mainly goes to parts of Europe, Russia, China and Africa. Idk why there would be shortage here

[@Nicola636128]

Excellent video.

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!!

[@ecatsa7513]

New subscriber here; beautiful video!! I look forward to checking out your others (watching your Black Friday Trona right now too!) Fantastic work- thank you so much for sharing!

[@RailfanJunction]

Hey thank you so much and welcome to the channel!!! Super glad you like it.

[@jimaz6532]

Great video as always. Your camera work and positioning is spot on. Thanks for sharing. 🚂

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!!

[@genpvrailroad]

Great!

[@RailfanJunction]

Thanks!

[@AlikStansberry]

Your videos honestly have some of the greatest quality I have ever seen in Railfan content! Please keep up the good work for as long as you can.

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you so much!

[@chuckleeii8355]

WOW! Very nicely done...awesome video! Is the screeching noise coming from the cars caused by brake application or is it just because the train is going around a curve? Thanks again!

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!! It's because the train is going around a curve - sometimes there are greasers that apply oil to the tracks to reduce the wear on flanges but that wasn't the case on that curve!

[@chuckleeii8355]

@@RailfanJunction Thank You so much! Subscribed and can't wait for the next video!

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!!

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

If you showed the loop, I guess I missed it.

[@RailfanJunction]

If you want to see the loop the last Tehachapi video that I posted has about 30 minutes of action there! Tehachapi is a lot more than just the loop though.

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@RailfanJunction thanks, I'll check it out.

[@darrelgibbs4898]

in June Union pacific Had Three Derailment You are not the Best Line and 1544 is destroyed

[@RailfanJunction]

Crazy how many they had!

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.chris

[@RailfanJunction]

They still do from the cab!

[@1topfueldrag]

why aren’t those curves greased

[@RailfanJunction]

Honestly not sure! Most curves on Tehachapi are so those ones not being greased is weird to me

[@rogerhislip5269]

Poor. Everything way too far away to barely see the train

[@melvin0833]

You couldn't do any better

[@RailfanJunction]

I'm not really sure what you're talking about - are you referring to the zoom shots overlooking the trains at Caliente?

[@michaelwhite7275]

New to the channel, but thanking for the excellent video shots.

[@RailfanJunction]

Thank you!!