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

Hanging out at Victorville, CA we see several movements and then get to climb aboard a pair of Union Pacific helpers to assist a coal train! From the Pentrex show "Cajon Pass & Tehachapi Loop" https://rfd.video/SoCal | Railfan Depot

A Santa Fe train is negotiating the tight horseshoe curve at Caliente, California. From the Pentrex show "Cajon Pass & Tehachapi Loop" https://rfd.video/SoCal | Railfan Depot

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

Ever wondered what it would be like to take a ride through The Loop? Here's a peak of some of the amazing views via a passenger train traversing through The Loop and the beautiful mountains surrounding Tehachapi. | City of Tehachapi, CA Government

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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