Located about an hour’s detour away for travelers driving Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, present-day Tehachapi owes its existence to the railroad. While the Kawaiisu people had ...

The Tehachapi Loop is one of California’s most important feats of railroad engineering. Built in the 19th century, it allows trains to climb steep mountain terrain by looping over themselves. Still in ...

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 ...

Nathan visits Surfridge, the Tehachapi Loop and the largest collection of Thomas Guides. Planes, trains and autos shape the way people move through the city as population grows. Walk through Surfridge ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A BNSF Railway intermodal train ascends Tehachapi Loop in September 2019. (Photo: Bill Stephens) Every day Union Pacific and BNSF ...