Talk:Tehachapi Loop

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Is Tehachapi Loop really the name of the line? Or just of the loop (the spiral)? I changed the intro, but more changes are needed to make it consistent. Which way should we go here? Dicklyon 22:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

"Tehachapi Loop" generally refers to the loop at the siding named Walong (which was named after SP engineer W.A. Long), which is what's in the (now) three pictures on the article. Some railfans call the whole pass by that name, but I feel that's incorrect as there are other names for communities and locations (like Caliente, Bealville, Keenbrook and Tehachapi) along the line between Mojave and Bakersfield. The railroad line was built by Southern Pacific in the latter 19th century as a way to connect San Francisco to points east, aiming toward the Gulf of Mexico.

I've got some good research materials in my collection, and photos from a few railfan trips that I made there in the 1980s; I just haven't had a chance to come back to this article to add in the information (my latest project is the California Southern Railroad article). I had planned on adding a section describing the entire route, but keeping this article focused mostly on the loop itself. Slambo (Speak) 22:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)