Tehachapi Double-Track Project

[johnb]

As a person who loved to chase trains over Tehachapi in the SP/ATSF days, I am seriously sad to see this. I prefer this timeframe....

[jagged ben]

As a person who loved to chase trains over Tehachapi in the SP/ATSF days, I am seriously sad to see this. I prefer this timeframe....

Yeah but without SP/ATSF it's kinda moot what they do to the track.    This will presumably mean more meets at the loop, so one might say 'wish they'd done this back in the days of bloody noses and warbonnets'.

[ednadolski]

This will presumably mean more meets at the loop

Sure looks like it:

(Hope to see lots of drones out there next spring  )

Ed

[GaryHinshaw]

Excellent!  The video quality on the first one is amazing.

I didn't realize they moved the signals at the bottom of the Loop.

[James Costello]

Excellent!  The video quality on the first one is amazing.

The drones sure put a new perspective on things.....

[jagged ben]

I'm not a country music fan but I'll make an exception for that first song in that first video.  Anyone know that tune?

Nice to see a consist with no swoosh in it.  On the other hand, if that power move had been Santa Fe those 8 locos probably would have been 8 visibly different models.

[ednadolski]

I didn't realize they moved the signals at the bottom of the Loop.

Probably better visibility there than in the 'trench'.  Also, no need to crowd the CP since the siding length is no longer an issue.

Ed

[GaryHinshaw]

I'm not a country music fan but I'll make an exception for that first song in that first video.  Anyone know that tune?

Agreed.

[Hamaker]

Being born and raised in "BUCK-ersfield (Bakersfield)  I've been a life-long fan of true country and western....not the modern C&W stuff they perform today.

[eja]

And some folks say KATO Unitrack doesn't look prototypical .....

[ednadolski]

A couple of recent youtubes showing the latest action at Walonger:

The new track has made the Loop more impressive than ever!   

Ed