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Tehachapi Loop

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kjfitz @ 2005-07-29 16:38:09

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The Tehachapi Loop is part of the Southern Pacific/Santa Fe rail line that goes through the Tehachapi area. Due to the steep grade, railway engineers building the track in the 1870's made a loop, where the track makes a full circle to gain altitude. A 4,000-foot train crosses 77 feet above its rear cars in the tunnel below. This is a tremendously popular attraction for railway enthusiasts, or "railfans" (the local Chamber of Commerce estimates that 30,000 people come to the loop every year to watch the trains loop over themselves).

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Kern County, California (CA), United States (US)
@ 35.20018400, -118.53561400

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kjfitz @ 2006-10-23 13:57:50
	Now in hi res.

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