Finding the morning light as it peaks out of Tunnel 10, BNSF 7161 leads a Barstow-bound manifest off the Tehachapi Loop and towards Marcel.

Tehachapi Pass...One of the most popular railfan destinations in the United States, arguably in the world, is the Tehachapi Loop in Southern California. Located in the Tehachapi Mountain ra... (more)

As the power of an eastbound Santa Fe 971 circles the Loop, its rear loads continue to enter the Loop on the approach below. The train is circling the famous landmark just as the sun is setting, a... (more)

A colorful consist leads a big, eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train as it climbs around Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California, on March 8, 2001. The middle part of the train is ... (more)

A large Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train climbs Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California, on March 8, 2001. The rear of the huge train is still exiting Tunnel 9, while a mid-train manned ... (more)

A Santa Fe light helper consisting of four GP35s heads for the west switch at Walong after meeting an uphill. The helper will head back down to Edison or Bakersfield, depending on whether it's ass... (more)

SP's loaded Oil Cans circle the Loop, with the head end passing over the last cars with near perfection. SD40R, No. 7300, the "class" locomotive for this SP rebuilt engine type, is leadi... (more)

Tehachapi Loop. Santa Fe C30-7 #8092 is leading a southbound 961 train as it completes to loop at Tehachapi by crossing over itself

Led by a mix of motive power typical of the early 1990s, a Santa Fe intermodal train rounds Tehachapi Loop.

Springtime on the Loop? It sure looks like it, but technically its still Winter. In 2016 the hills turned green early. This was just about the last angle of the loop that I haven't shot in all m... (more)

BNSF ES44C4 #6838 leading a J.B. Hunt stack train downgrade thru the Tehachapi mountains between the sidings of Marcel and Walong.

Growing up in Bakersfield I never spent a whole lot of time on the loop other than a few adventures in the hills around it looking for new angles. In this shot a good zoom brings out the curves a... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A westbound SP manifest exits tunnel 10 and circles the Loop on its way down the northwestern slope of the Tehachapi Mountains.

Santa Fe 5815 East roars through the cut below the Loop. On the point is a recently repainted SD45-2.