"The spiral, built from 1874 to 1876, made train travel possible from Oakland to Los Angeles. Subsequently, trains from Chicago to the Bay Area also used the loop."
"Unlucky at first, I was determined to see a freight train go around the Tehachapi Loop. Passenger trains no longer pass through it, as the regularly scheduled trains between Oakland and Los Angeles stopped coming through Tehachapi in April 1971."
"However, the advantage of a freight train is that its dozens of cars allow the loop to show off its unique beauty. Longer trains appear to climb up over themselves in the spiral, riding up an elevation of 77 feet at a 2% grade."
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