Tehachapi Live Train Cams at The Tehachapi Loop

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Welcome to Tehachapi Live Train Cams Livestream at the World Famous Tehachapi Loop in Keene, California USA! • This Livestream began streaming on November 23, 2019 and is brought to you by Tehachapi Live Train Cams through the generous donations of our viewers! We would also like to give a special thank you to Creative Wireless for all of their help and for providing the internet service to run the Tehachapi Loop Live Cam! • The camera is mounted approximately 3/4 mile from the Tehachapi Loop hilltop which gives us a very large viewing area of the Loop and surrounding areas. • Be sure to join in on our Live Chat where you can talk with other railfans around the world while watching the livestream. We have highly skilled Moderators who maintain a family friendly chat and are extremely knowledgeable of the area, railroad, and cams...so please feel free to introduce yourself and join in on the chat and ask any questions you might have. We also have expert camera operators who can move and zoom the cams on request when they are available to do so. • We currently have a total of 3 livestreaming cams on the Tehachapi Pass. You can visit our Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum cam by clicking here: • Tehachapi Live Train Cams at the Teha... and our West Cable Cam by clicking here: • Tehachapi Live Train Cams at West Cab... • All of our cams have been made possible with the donations of our viewers! All donations go directly to the equipment and services to operate the live media here at Tehachapi Live Train Cams. We do not profit from your donations! All money will continue to improve and expand what we offer to you and all of our viewers free of charge. • Donations are accepted here on YouTube on the live chat by clicking on the dollar symbol. Donations can also be made through PayPal to [email protected]. Or, consider partnering with us on Patreon at / tltc . • The Cable Cam location is in the progress of opening an Airbnb with an expected opening in February 2020. You can book in advance by going to Airbnb, Tehachapi Bed and Trains here: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/31533965... • JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! Post your train pics and leave comments at / tehachapilivetraincam • Tehachapi Loop Information: • The Tehachapi Loop is a 0.73-mile (1.17 km) long spiral, or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad line through Tehachapi Pass, of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, south-central California. The line connects Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley to Mojave in the Mojave Desert. Seeing a daily average of almost 40 trains, the line is one of the busiest single-track mainlines in the world. • With its frequent trains and spectacular scenery, the Loop is one of the prime railfan areas in the country. There's plenty of private property in the area, and trespassers are not welcome. A good (and safe) vantage point is the site of the Tehachapi Loop historical marker. In 1998, the Loop was named a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and is now California Historical Landmark #508. • One of the engineering feats of its day, the Loop was built by Southern Pacific Railroad beginning in 1874 and opened in 1876. Contributors to the project's construction include Arthur De Wint Foote and the project's chief engineer, William Hood. • On the loop, the track passes over itself, lessening the grade. The loop gains 77 feet (23 m) in elevation as the track climbs at a steady 2% grade. A train more than 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long thus passes over itself going around the loop. At the bottom of the loop, the track passes through Tunnel 9, the ninth tunnel built as the railroad worked from Bakersfield. • The siding on the loop was known as Walong after Southern Pacific District Roadmaster W. A. Long. Union Pacific RR constructed a second track between the east (south) end of Walong siding and the west (north) end of the Marcel siding, creating a 3.1 mile long section of two main tracks between MP 351.1 and MP 354.2. • A large white cross, The Cross at the Loop , stands atop the hill in the center of the loop in memory of two Southern Pacific Railroad employees killed on May 12, 1989, in a train derailment in San Bernardino, Calif. • The Loop became the property of the Union Pacific in 1996, when it absorbed the Southern Pacific. Trains of the BNSF Railway also use the loop under trackage rights. Union Pacific bars passenger trains from the line, which prevents Amtrak's San Joaquin train from serving Los Angeles. This has been the case since the creation of Amtrak in 1971. An exception is made for the Coast Starlight, which uses the line as a detour if its normal route is closed.

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