Tehachapi Loop
Tehachapi Loop is a railroad location on Tehachapi Pass in southern California. The track was built by Southern Pacific Railroad, which was acquired by Union Pacific Railroad in the 1990s. BNSF Railway operates over the pass via trackage rights inherited from the 1995 merger between Santa Fe Railroad and Burlington Northern Railroad; the Santa Fe had operated over the pass through a trackage rights agreement with Southern Pacific.
The track at the loop itself is known as Walong to the railroads, in honor of a Southern Pacific road foreman named W. A. Long. Within the area occupied by the loop of track is Loop Ranch. Although the owner of the ranch has stated on professionally produced railfan videos that he understands the significance of the track to the rail industry and to the railfans that visit it, he has asked railfans to respect that the ranch is private property.
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