Tehachapi Pass, California — West Cable
The Cable cam, high on the pass
Tehachapi Pass, California — West Cable
Union Pacific — Mojave Subdivision, Tehachapi Pass, at West Cable · Tehachapi, California, United States
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Where this camera films
Camera position: 35.15538, -118.47631
- Location
- Tehachapi, California, United States
- Railroad
Union Pacific — Mojave Sub
≈ MP 358 on the Mojave Sub — derived from FRA grade crossing 922011J, 580 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 922011J, 580 m from 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 · 23 mph timetable speed
Train types
On the line here
FRA / NTAD — crossing inventory Jul 21, 2026 · bridge inventory Oct 14, 2022 · rail yards (FRA / NTAD)
About this cam
The operator's "Cable cam", one of five cameras covering the Tehachapi Pass on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision.
What to watch for
Heavy freight climbing and descending the pass at West Cable. On air continuously since June 2026.
The camera
- Stream
- YouTube live stream
- Filming
- Mountain pass
- Traffic
- Freight
- Sound
- Live lineside audio — horns and engines
- Hours
- Streams around the clock, 24/7
- Camera movement
- Fixed view
- After dark
- Infrared night view
- Feed checked
- September 5, 2026
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