I had college alumni work to do this spring in Tehachapi (Yes, you’ve heard of it, but where is it exactly?), so I decided to spend the weekend. Instead of heading for the Sierras on California 14, I ...

Last year I brought my two sons (8 and 11) on their first trip to Tehachapi. The loop was our second-to-last stop on an epic spring break odyssey whose itinerary included an overnight trip on Amtrak's ...

The Tehachapi Loop is one of California’s most important feats of railroad engineering. Built in the 19th century, it allows trains to climb steep mountain terrain by looping over themselves. Still in ...

Located about an hour’s detour away for travelers driving Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, present-day Tehachapi owes its existence to the railroad. While the Kawaiisu people had ...

Two trains on the Tehachapi Loop at the same time. The one in the foreground, which is going down the loop, will slow to a halt to let the train coming up the loop pass it. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse ...