Tehachapi Loop

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2022
  • This video shows a freight train entering and exiting the famous Tehachapi Loop. The train is very long and the video shows it passing over itself on the nearly 3,800 foot loop. This section connects Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley to Mojave in Kern County. The loop allows the train to see a steady 2% gradient as it heads over the Tehachapi pass.
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  • @karenarnold5027
    @karenarnold5027 10 месяцев назад +2

    Now this the kind of nice picture taking I like to see

  • @npo64
    @npo64 5 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely incredible. When you see this train from so high up, you can really get a feel of just how powerful these locomotives are.

  • @wolfgangfolz172
    @wolfgangfolz172 Год назад +3

    I´m sure: This was the longest train in Notrh America. Wonderful. Thank you. Greetings from Germany

  • @jerrydc818
    @jerrydc818 9 месяцев назад +4

    How many locomotives to push/ pull those cars in that length and terrain? Absolutely amazing! I see the fascination of railroading in both actual and model.

  • @JOSEALVIM100
    @JOSEALVIM100 8 месяцев назад +1

    Magnífico vídeo e belo lugar! Um dia, pretendo conhecer Tehachapi para apreciar melhor a beleza deste lugar. Estou vendo hoje, 14/09/2023 aqui do Brasil. Acompanho desde 2009 outros vídeos de outros canais e todos foram feitos com muita competência. Parabéns ao Bob Murphy! Abraços fraternos do José.

  • @jimanderson4495
    @jimanderson4495 11 месяцев назад +2

    OMG. The Finest Loop video ever. Thanks.

  • @georgecurtis6463
    @georgecurtis6463 11 месяцев назад +3

    Great fun to watch trains travel on that track.

  • @dhdisprsmith2296
    @dhdisprsmith2296 Год назад +15

    Fantastic video! Tehachapi is truly an amazing piece of railroad. I’ve been there about a dozen times over the years and never tire watching trains negotiate it. This is probably one of the best videos showing the entire layout from Woodford up through Merced.

  • @franzbrunner499
    @franzbrunner499 6 месяцев назад

    what a wonderful video, congratiúlations! makes me even happier to see the spots i used to observe trains (not birds' view), just watching

  • @williamreymond2669
    @williamreymond2669 11 месяцев назад +3

    That is absolutely insane! The drone simply could not keep the whole length of the train inside the shot.

  • @noahgomera-roezal
    @noahgomera-roezal Год назад +3

    Great pictures, well captured! 👍👍👍

  • @ndean1687
    @ndean1687 2 месяца назад

    I love trains, and this is so cool!!

  • @Laz_Arus
    @Laz_Arus Год назад +5

    Track Layout Designer: "How many loops are we permitted?" ➿
    Train Engineer: "Yes!" 🚂

  • @petrfedor1851
    @petrfedor1851 Год назад +5

    I´ve seen some places where railway try to climb up to some serious hight elevation on short distance by looping but this is the concept taken to highest possible level!

    • @knuffelbaer1971
      @knuffelbaer1971 Год назад +1

      switzerland tops it! Or germany, the "Sauschwänzle-Bahn". Not with this length of trains, but in curves and height difference...

  • @abusayeedbadol9003
    @abusayeedbadol9003 Год назад +2

    Very Nice video , in leisure we can enjoy this .

  • @MicrobyteAlan
    @MicrobyteAlan 11 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful. I don’t know why but drone video of trains looks like N scale to me.

    • @gailyncookMilwRR
      @gailyncookMilwRR 11 месяцев назад +1

      I thought that same thing, then I wonder if anyone did the math to find out how much space is needed for a N scale model. Maybe a Basketball court?
      HO maybe a Baseball diamond? O scale Football field? Just guessing the biggest problem IS $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$???

  • @manojpaul7826
    @manojpaul7826 3 месяца назад

    Greetings from Kerala ( India )

  • @annagretturnowsky7814
    @annagretturnowsky7814 Год назад +3

    Ist schon faszinierend wie lange so ein "Bandwurm" sein kann. Sind einmal in Kanada neben so einem Güterzug hergefahren, der war auch über 2 km lang.👍😁

    • @annagretturnowsky7814
      @annagretturnowsky7814 11 месяцев назад

      @Knob Jockey im google Übersetzer steht " tape wotm, aber das trifft es nicht wurklich😊 besser wäre " endless worm" , glaub ich🤭

  • @Laz_Arus
    @Laz_Arus Год назад +4

    ICYWW, I counted 4 locos in total, and approx. 126 boxcars 🚂🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

  • @danielweisman496
    @danielweisman496 Год назад +3

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @MichaelLaferriere
    @MichaelLaferriere 11 месяцев назад +1

    Neat! took me a bit to spot the DPU.

  • @raybesserdin7542
    @raybesserdin7542 Год назад +2

    Brilliant footage 👏👏👏👏👏😍

  • @seesaw1969
    @seesaw1969 Год назад +2

    great video...a very good engineer work

  • @timpearson9870
    @timpearson9870 Год назад +5

    What a fabulous video and what a ridiculous consist 😂 Do they not think of us modellers when putting these together? I would need half the UK to model that in N scale 😢

  • @sawthemin77
    @sawthemin77 Год назад +3

    WHAT A GREAT VIDEO !!

  • @cagorrie
    @cagorrie Год назад +2

    Excellent, nice footage

  • @antonioaraujo3029
    @antonioaraujo3029 Год назад +2

    Parabéns belo vídeo. 🇧🇷

  • @gman3218
    @gman3218 Год назад +1

    Beautiful shots!! Thank you for sharing. We need you to find Big Foot for us with that amazing drone and camera.

  • @Andres.570
    @Andres.570 Год назад +2

    Sencillamente espectacular.

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 Год назад +1

    Great Video, new sub here, thanks for sharing

  • @kitsapkorner7761
    @kitsapkorner7761 Год назад +1

    Are there many loops on USA railways. They seem rare but essential to climb a grade. I drove the Corona Pass road in CO back 40 years ago, there is a big loop on that with a bridge above and tunnel below where they cross. It was Rollins Pass back when it was in service, shut down when the Moffat tunnel was completed.

  • @dnnaresh9403
    @dnnaresh9403 Год назад +5

    Great engineering. Due to different terrain . Hat's Off to our engineers . ,( Ground engineering and Operational staff

  • @celiosilva8320
    @celiosilva8320 Год назад +4

    🇧🇷 fantástico 👍

  • @gtraver2321
    @gtraver2321 Год назад +1

    I saw that from the door of a boxcar in 1970.

  • @danielmathai4780
    @danielmathai4780 Год назад +1

    Reminds me of the snow piercer climbing up the cokscrew

  • @philtucker1224
    @philtucker1224 Год назад +3

    The train driver needed a system to allow them to inspect the rearmost wagons on their train. (It was originally built before closed circuit cameras and drones have effectively taken over that role)

    • @ronaldhorne5106
      @ronaldhorne5106 11 месяцев назад +1

      Said with tongue firmly in cheek.

    • @itwasaliens
      @itwasaliens 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ronaldhorne5106 I hope.

  • @bibledefinedbymartycozad
    @bibledefinedbymartycozad Год назад +1

    what is the grade on that curve?

  • @philtucker1224
    @philtucker1224 Год назад +3

    This allows the very heavy trains to make a five metre gradient rise in the shortest possible safe distance.

  • @dinhxuan6390
    @dinhxuan6390 Год назад

    How many engine and how many freight car do they have ?

  • @marleybutler4633
    @marleybutler4633 Год назад +1

    No music please

  • @joehughes5177
    @joehughes5177 Год назад

    Elevation change? Necessitates the additional track to maintain grade?.? Just a guess...

  • @Weeklydoseofrailways
    @Weeklydoseofrailways Год назад +1

    Amazing capture....
    Can I use this video in my train compilation video credit to you in video will be given

  • @nervosa22
    @nervosa22 11 месяцев назад

    Красиво конечно ! но не понятно , зачем такую петлю сделали ?

  • @wowcoolrex1040
    @wowcoolrex1040 Год назад +1

    holyshit!!!😵

  • @218philip
    @218philip Год назад

    Imagine the wheels squealing, I live near a small curve and the squealing is deafening.

    • @bobmurphy87
      @bobmurphy87  11 месяцев назад

      This wasn't really too bad.

  • @alexfidibus
    @alexfidibus Год назад +1

    😍🤩

  • @nervosa22
    @nervosa22 11 месяцев назад

    февраль / 20 число / 2022 год ? странная компановка даты . сначала идёт день (число) , потом месяц и год .

  • @RedRodders
    @RedRodders Год назад +1

    Toilets Matey? right at the back sir.

  • @gargar8196
    @gargar8196 Год назад

    Why is the train so long ?

  • @philippes-ps7yg
    @philippes-ps7yg Год назад +1

    C’est très beau mais ça a l’air complètement inutile !

  • @ankushdhore1464
    @ankushdhore1464 Год назад

    Lay parsann. Vatal. Male

  • @Lone_Star_Proud
    @Lone_Star_Proud Год назад +6

    The piano music distracts from the video.

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 Год назад +2

      I thought it absolutely bumped 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶 really tied the video together nicely!

    • @donalfinn4205
      @donalfinn4205 Год назад

      I don’t agree.

    • @james-p
      @james-p Год назад

      I can only guess that it's better than the sound of the drone whining lol

  • @tinosenf4007
    @tinosenf4007 Год назад

    Irre...

  • @DukeCronenwerth
    @DukeCronenwerth Год назад

    Was für eine Platzverschwendung

  • @yogajoeguy
    @yogajoeguy Год назад +8

    But why did they construct this? It’s pointless.

    • @joelsmith5886
      @joelsmith5886 Год назад +14

      To ease the grade, as it is its a 2 percent grade. If the railroad had made it a straight line the grade would have been much too steep.

    • @stephengilchrist6595
      @stephengilchrist6595 Год назад +3

      Speed, gradient and cheaper than a bridge, I can imagine.

    • @markharris6171
      @markharris6171 Год назад +9

      And so is your comment pointless

    • @prasadindi7299
      @prasadindi7299 Год назад

      Saw what you did there

    • @mpetersen6
      @mpetersen6 Год назад +4

      Why? To inspire model railroaders everywhere