Tehachapi Loop Trains

by Lindsay Thomson

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Tehachapi Loop Trains

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Lindsay Thomson

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The Tehachapi Loop is nearly 3800 feet long and in the shape of a helix. It rises 77 feet in elevation over the 1210 foot diameter loop. It was designed for trains to traverse the steep grade over the mountains. A train can actually pass over itself while traveling through this loop. Trains can be traveling east, west, north and south at this one location.

View the time lapse video of this image on my Pond5 page:
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/146752491-tehachapi-loop-trains

Engineers Arthur de Wint Foote, William Hood, WA Long, James Strobridge. The hard, backbreaking work of 3000 Chinese workers using just hand tools made this dream a reality in a couple of years.

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November 28th, 2020

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