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 ...

An eastbound BNSF train with 98 mixed cargo cars derailed early Friday just after its lead engine entered Tunnel No. 9 at the Tehachapi Loop in the Tehachapi Mountains. No injuries were reported.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tehachapi Loop has carried trains through the mountains for nearly 150 years. Here's the engineering story behind this ...

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 ...

Well known to even the most casual Trains reader, there's likely nothing new I can tell you about the loop's history. Past issues are a good reference should you need a Loop 101 lesson [see "Hot spot: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KGET) — Move over Thomas, and hold onto your caboose ’cause it’s official: Tehachapi is known as Train Town U.S ...

According to Cheryl Wilson, member of the Tehachapi Arts Commission, the small town of Tehachapi is a growing art center in Southern California. “We’re going to have an artist event soon, which will ...

The Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club will hold its Spring Model Train Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 11, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12. “Listen to the whistles, bells, huffing and ...

The Mojave Air & Spaceport will hold a slightly different spin on its monthly event Plane Crazy this month, with Train Crazy, a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the ...

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