Tehachapi, California — Depot Railroad Museum
The pass from the depot museum in Tehachapi itself
Tehachapi, California — Depot Railroad Museum
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at the historic Tehachapi depot (operator's description) · Tehachapi, California, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 35.13245, -118.44765
- Location
- Tehachapi, California, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Mojave Sub
≈ MP 360.5 on the Mojave Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 757436U, 30 m away
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Through trains per day
28reported to the FRA
Daytime
14
6 AM – 6 PM
≈ 1 every 51 min
Nighttime
14
6 PM – 6 AM
≈ 1 every 51 min
Reported by the railroad for FRA grade crossing 757436U, at this camera (FRA inventory, July 2026). An estimate, not a schedule — crossings on this line within 5 km report 11 to 35.
- Track at the crossing
- 2 main tracks · 60 mph timetable speed
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
A camera at the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum, in the town at the top of the pass. One of five cameras the operator runs on the Tehachapi Pass.
What to watch for
Freight through the town of Tehachapi, from the restored depot that now houses the railroad museum.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Railway museum
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Aimed by the operator
- Feed checked
- September 4, 2026
Filmed location
The place this camera films is documented on Spotatrain — traffic levels, best angles, and visiting info (Experience):
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