HISTORY: Spun over and through the daunting Tehachapi Mountains of California, the Tehachapi Pass route was constructed by the Southern Pacific, opened in 1876, and connects the arid Mojave Desert with California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley. Today, the route is Union Pacific’s bustling Mojave Subdivision and is a heavy tonnage artery for both Union Pacific and BNSF, the latter of which utilizes the line via trackage rights. LOCATIONS: Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city on the Kern River, north of Los Angeles. Displays at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History focus on geology and paleontology. On the city’s northeastern edge, the California Living Museum explores the state’s flora and fauna, and has a reptile house and a touch tank. Northeast, trails wind through the mountains of the Kern River Ranger District, part of Sequoia National Forest. Tehachapi Loop Tehachapi is city in the Tehachapi Mountains of southern California. Northwest, a viewpoint overlooks the Tehachapi Loop, a long, spiral section of railway track. In town, the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum has antique railroad tools and signs. The Tehachapi Museum tells the story of the city's early settlers and includes natural history exhibits. Nearby, the Errea House Museum contains early-1900s furnishings. Mojave Mojave is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. Mojave is located 50 miles east of Bakersfield, and 100 miles north of Los Angeles, at an elevation of 2,762 feet. POSSIBLE LOCOS: ES44AC The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems, initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005. The first pre-production units were built in 2003. GP40-2 The EMD GP40-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as part of its Dash 2 line between April 1972 and December 1986. The locomotive's power is provided by an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine which generates 3,000 horsepower. AC4400CW The GE AC4400CW is a 4,400 horsepower diesel-electric locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems between 1993 and 2004. It is like the Dash 9-44CW, but features AC traction motors instead of DC, with a separate inverter per motor. SD70ACE The EMD SD70 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives produced by the US company Electro-Motive Diesel in response to the GE Dash 9-44CW. Production commenced in late 1992 and since then over 5,700 units have been produced; most of these are the SD70M and SD70MAC models. ES44DC The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems, initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005. The first pre-production units were built in 2003 PICTURES: Train going around Tehachapi Loop BNSF ES44DC in the Mojave Desert Turntable Roundhouse at Bakersville Thank you for reading this suggestion
How come every time someone suggests Tehachapi, they always choose the modern era? I know research can be a pain for DTG to do vintage route, but come on, pretty sure there is enough historical documents to support an older Tehachapi..... Also, can we not get a suggestion for Tehachapi every month please? https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/bnsf-up-tehachapi-pass-mojave-bakersfield.52808/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/bnsf-tehachapi-pass-bakersfield-mojave.49667/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tehachapi-pass.51112/
I share your pain Blacknred. And TBA unless DTG or Skyhook if they did the route can match what's already been done in Run 8 as regards physics, forget it.
Still hoping for Tier 4 GEVOs and SD70ACe-T4s. I would also love to see this route set in the 1950s-60s. Then we would get some awesome vintage ATSF and SP locos such as GP20s, GP30s, GP35s, GP7s, GP9s, SP SD7s/SD9s, Alcos, FMs (H-12-44, SP H-24-66), SP Cab Forwards, ATSF F3s or F7s, and SP F7s/FP7s.
