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Tehachapi Loop, Kern County, California, May 30, 2026 (Digital Infrared Image)
In this surreal image of two container freight trains passing on Tehachapi Loop, a stopped westbound BNSF engine awaits on the nearer track at image center for the passing of the eastbound train, the end of which is visible at the far right of the image, having just exited the single-track tunnel barely visible in the center of the image. That’s a lot to comprehend from one still infrared black and white digital image. In just two years beginning in 1874, two civil engineers designed and 3000 Cantonese Chinese laborers built a network of tunnels and bridges over Tehachapi Pass including the famed loop seen here. 30 to 40 trains per day transporting mostly intermodal container freight and bulk goods pass this way–empty westbound containers returning to the Port of Long Beach to be loaded on ships returning to China, and eastbound intermodal containers loaded with goods destined for consumers all over the US. To witness rail traffic at this place for just a few hours is to understand the immensity of trade between the US and the Far East, China specifically. Along with similar container traffic on mostly double-track from the Port of Oakland in northern California through Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and points east, it is clear that the railroads play a vital role in moving goods throughout the enormous US consumer market. The fact that the Tehachapi Pass tunnel was constructed for a single track and that it has remained this way to the present, points to a serious bottleneck for rail operations, requiring train(s) to await the passage of other train(s), depending on priorities. Widening the tunnel for two-track operations would seriously disrupt rail operations for years, but the bottleneck would be alleviated, allowing uninterrupted two-way rail traffic. Taken with a Nikon D850 DSLR using a Nikkor 16-35mm zoom lens at 16mm, this is a super wide view of the loop.
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