When the spiral’s construction finished in 1876 on the Southern Pacific Line, it was considered one of the railroad ... to see a freight train go around the Tehachapi Loop. Passenger trains ...

The track right of way used by the Southern Pacific for passenger trains from the 1860s to 1929 remains. The question is whether the service makes sense in the 21st century. You can reach Barry ...

On a normal run, the Southern Pacific Railroad’s City of San Francisco train could whisk passengers ... t take long to get into the cars,” passenger Howard Jones told the New York Times.