How amazing is this aerial footage of the Tehachapi Loop? | Train Simulator

212K views · 319 shares | From the cab of Santa Fe train #199, we see an upgrade Southern Pacific train at Bealville, CA on Tehachapi Pass. From the Pentrex show "Cajon Pass & Tehachapi Loop" https://rfd.video/SoCal | Railfan Depot | Facebook

Out of Mojave and up the east slope of Tehachapi Pass, then dropping downgrade and meeting an opposing train on the loop! From the Pentrex show "Cajon Pass & Tehachapi Loop" https://rfd.video/SoCal #santafe #cabrides #tehachapipass #tehachapiloop #atsf | Railfan Depot

7K views · 250 reactions | Tehachapi Pass Train Loop! This is one of the most important engineering marvels in California railroad history. This loop de loop allows locomotive carrying heavy loads to travel from LA to San Francisco. | John Bartell | Facebook

20K views · 451 reactions | Tehachapi Pass Railroad Loop! It's an engineering marvel that linked San Francisco to Los Angeles. Check out our interactive map with more than 400 road trip locations and ideas. https://www.abc10.com/bartells-backroads | John Bartell | Facebook

The famous Tehachapi Loop is located in the Tehachapi Mountains of California and is a spiral loop on the Union Pacific Railroad (originally built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1870s). The loop allows trains to manage a significant elevation gain over a relatively short distance. What makes it particularly famous is that long trains (over 4,000 feet) can actually pass over themselves as they navigate the loop. An average of 36 trains per day pass though here. The Tehachapi Loop has a 2

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