Tehachapi Loop Overview

gedunk · Post by **gedunk** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:38 am

Tehachapi Loop was built to gain 45 feet of badly needed elevation without actually going anywhere.

As this much-reduced-in-size photo shows, longer trains pass over themselves.

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:04 pm

Even with that loop, the grade still looks pretty steep. I bet those engines are purring pretty loud!

Crossingman18 · Post by **Crossingman18** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:49 pm

wow! from that view, it looks like a HO scale layout!

gedunk · Post by **gedunk** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:41 am

Crossingman18 wrote:wow! from that view, it looks like a HO scale layout!

Would that I could afford an HO layout that could reproduce the background scenery.

gedunk · Post by **gedunk** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:42 am

cabman701 wrote:Even with that loop, the grade still looks pretty steep. I bet those engines are purring pretty loud!

Nope. Thundering is a better description.

AndyWS · Post by **AndyWS** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:37 pm

It's the ultimate way to make a reversing loop at the end of your layout and call it prototypical!

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