Tehachapi Loop, California — Union Pacific Mojave Subdivision
The Loop itself, live
Tehachapi Loop, California — Union Pacific Mojave Subdivision
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at the Tehachapi Loop · Keene, California, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 35.20717, -118.51826
- Location
- Keene, California, United States
- Railroad
Weather & light at the camera
Sun times calculated for this camera’s coordinates.
Trains on this camera
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
A camera on the Tehachapi Loop, the spiral where a long train crosses over its own tail — one of the most famous pieces of railway engineering in the United States. Part of a five-camera network on the Tehachapi Pass.
What to watch for
Long Union Pacific and BNSF freights working the pass and coiling through the Loop. The operator runs five cameras on the Tehachapi Pass / Mojave Sub; this is the one on the Loop itself.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Curve
- 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 2, 2026
Filmed location
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