Tehachapi Loop

Tehachapi Loop
Walong, California (CA), US
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).
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).
View in Google Earth Transportation - Rail
Links: clui.org
By: kjfitz

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kjfitz
@ 2006-10-23 13:57:50
Now in hi res.
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AKpilotEMT
@ 2010-08-11 00:59:01
Most recent Google imagery is way cool with a train through almost all 360 degrees of the loop.

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