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Live Trains?

Posted by Maya @ 22:56 on February 20, 2024  

For those who are bored and want some ‘live train action’, here is a link to the Tehachapi, CA, depot cam.  There are four other cams in the link at the lower edge of this page that cover from Edison, CA, to Mojave, CA along the Tehachapi Pass route.  This line is the link from Bakersfield in the Central Valley that climbs up Tehachapi Pass to the high desert. At Mojave it joins mainlines either west into the LA basin, or east the BNSF main goes all the way to Chicago.  Everything coming in or out of the central valley south end rides through Tehachapi.  It is considered the busiest ‘single track’ line in the country.  Although double-tracked where there is room, there are many old single track tunnels that cannot be easily expanded so it is considered a ‘single track line’ with long passing tracks.  It is a challenge for dispatchers to get trains.. many high priority container trains… thru Tehachapi pass.   The Depot here is the best place to just sit and wait for a train.

 

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