Tehachapi Railfanning

Over spring break I took a pair of trips up to Tehachapi to fill some holes on a narrated documentary I've been working on for the better part of a decade (more on that in an announcement/preview video I'll be posting in the next few months!) and the area around Cliff was the main target. I wound up driving back to Tunnel 5 on both ends and caught a number of trains passing through the tunnel in amazing light, but that's not the only location I focused on! Bakersfield (with a San Joaquin Valley Railroad train from Arvin led by one of their new Knoxville engines), track work at Magunden, plenty of meets, and a UP crew from Mojave attaching themselves to a loaded coal train at Ansel are just a few of the amazing catches I made on this trip!

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Canon 7D Mark II - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Canon 5D Mark III - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 Tripod - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...

I use hexagonal plates for my tripod mounts, though your usage may vary with those

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Canon XHA-1S - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
Bogen 3040 Video Tripod - No link, but it's relatively easy to find on eBay for about $150

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ATCS Monitor - https://groups.io/g/ATCSMonitor​
Uniden Bearcat BC245XLT - https://wiki.radioreference.com/index...
Final Cut Pro X - https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/

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