Last year I brought my two sons (8 and 11) on their first trip to Tehachapi. The loop was our second-to-last stop on an epic spring break odyssey whose itinerary included an overnight trip on Amtrak's ...
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Tehachapi Loop: A railroad marvel still running strong

The Tehachapi Loop has carried trains through the mountains for nearly 150 years. Here's the engineering story behind this ...
Two trains on the Tehachapi Loop at the same time. The one in the foreground, which is going down the loop, will slow to a halt to let the train coming up the loop pass it. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse ...
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — A group looking to create a viewing platform for the Tehachapi Loop has succeeded in reaching its goal of raising $100,000. The loop, built in 1876 by the Southern Pacific ...
What goes around comes around when you talk technology in Tehachapi. Not the 21st century kind, depicted by the 5,000 futuristic-looking turbine propellers that line mountaintops east of town and spin ...
An eastbound BNSF train with 98 mixed cargo cars derailed early Friday just after its lead engine entered Tunnel No. 9 at the Tehachapi Loop in the Tehachapi Mountains. No injuries were reported.
I had the pleasure of traveling to Tehachapi on Tuesday to look for features. One of the highlights was visiting the Tehachapi Loop, a long, spiral section of railway track. Rising at a steady 2 ...
Several cars of a train hauling beer near the Tehachapi Loop derailed late Wednesday night, Union Pacific Railroad reported. The Union Pacific train derailed 10 cars along the Mojave Subdivision in ...
Rufus and Dianne Thomas were married on June 26, 1966, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived in Bakersfield from 1966 to 1969 ...
According to Cheryl Wilson, member of the Tehachapi Arts Commission, the small town of Tehachapi is a growing art center in Southern California. “We’re going to have an artist event soon, which will ...
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