Retired Model Railroader Managing Editor Jim Kelly remains active in honing his N scale skills and craftsmanship. The result has been the fourth incarnation of his Tehachapi Pass layout. Set in 1985, ...

The Tehachapi Loop has carried trains through the mountains for nearly 150 years. Here's the engineering story behind this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trains have been traditional gifts for young and old alike. The Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club would like to share its toys ...

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — A group looking to create a viewing platform for the Tehachapi Loop has succeeded in reaching its goal of raising $100,000. The loop, built in 1876 by the Southern Pacific ...

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 ...

An eastbound BNSF train with 98 mixed cargo cars derailed early Friday just after its lead engine entered Tunnel No. 9 at the Tehachapi Loop in the Tehachapi Mountains. No injuries were reported.

What goes around comes around when you talk technology in Tehachapi. Not the 21st century kind, depicted by the 5,000 futuristic-looking turbine propellers that line mountaintops east of town and spin ...