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Trailing the Tehachapi bandits

There are few places in the United States that are better for train watching than California’s Tehachapi Loop. Whether it be the stunning scenery of the Tehachapi range, the seemingly nonstop parade ...
Los Angeles Times

All aboard for a weekend escape to Tehachapi

I had college alumni work to do this spring in Tehachapi (Yes, you’ve heard of it, but where is it exactly?), so I decided to spend the weekend. Instead of heading for the Sierras on California 14, I ...
Courthouse News Service

Tehachapi Loop: A marvel of engineering and the laborers who built it

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 ...
The Loop Newspaper

Tehachapi welcomes Pacific Crest Trail hikers

Tehachapi has become an important and welcoming stop for hikers traveling the famed Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), drawing ...
The Bakersfield Californian

All aboard! Train makes rare trip over Tehachapi Loop

A passenger train will travel through the Tehachapi Loop on Sunday for only the third time since 1971, when regular passenger rail service through the Tehachapis was stopped. The northbound and ...