#tehachapi loop

t's a cloudy April 17, 1971, a busy day on Tehachapi. SP 3207 is leading the northbound SAN JOAQUIN DAYLIGHT around the iconic loop at Walong, California. The Santa Fe units are off a southbound train left at Woodford, the next siding north. The AT&SF locomotives helped push a stalled northbound SP freight into the Walong siding to clear up for the DAYLIGHT. (You can spot the top of the SP caboose behind the four units.) As soon as the DAYLIGHT clears, the Santa Fe units will follow and couple to their train at Woodford.

It was a cloudy day, but because of all the action, it was one of my best trips to that popular piece of mountain railroading

"Daylight Doubleheader"

Southern Pacific GS-4s No. 4439 and 4433 lead train No. 52, the Southbound San Joaquin Daylight, over the famous Tehachapi Loop towards Los Angeles and other stops along the way.