Ultimate Tehachapi

SKU: DVD-PNX-TUT
(3 customer reviews)

$29.95

2 discs, 8 Hours. From desert heat to snow-capped mountains, with curves, tunnels, nonstop parade of trains, and famed Loop, Tehachapi offers mainline railroading excitement like no other place in the world. Map included!

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Producer

Pentrex

Run Time

8 hours

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code, NTSC

From searing desert heat to snow-capped mountains, with its curves, tunnels, nonstop parade of trains, and famed Loop, Tehachapi offers mainline railroading excitement like no other place in the world. Now Pentrex brings you the most expansive tour of Tehachapi ever produced, with a full 8 hours of incredible action recorded on two DVD discs. All new footage shot through the changing seasons over a three-year period brings you the beauty and challenges of railroading over this mountain pass, including snowstorms on Tehachapi.

Over 300 BNSF, Union Pacific, and other trains are shown as they climb steep grades, brake downgrade, spiral around horseshoe curves and the famous Loop, and snake through the tunnels. These trains are powered by a huge assortment of owned and leased motive power ranging from older GP30s and SD40-2s to the latest SD70ACEs and GEVOs, and the variety of traffic, including special movements such as the Red and Blue Unit circus trains, is astonishing. Part 1 of this monumental epic takes you south from Kern Junction in Bakersfield to Mojave Junction. Part 2 makes the return trip from Mojave to Kern Junction, giving you ample opportunity to stop at all the sidings, witness the trains from great photo angles, and get in-depth coverage of all the famous locations on this world renowned railroading landmark. This is the Ultimate Tehachapi!”* Bonus fold-out map provides additional information and timetable.

This is a Pentrex Best Seller.

3 reviews for Ultimate Tehachapi

  1. David Holland

    Fantastic video. You will see bnsf engines in the Santa Fe war bonnet paint scheme plus tons of other railroads that do not go through the area. Worth watching

  2. Lloyd

    A very interesting movie on Tehachapi. Lots of movements of lots of different power from various Railroads. The territory is well covered east to west and back which gives the viewer an interesting propective of the region. Shot from many different angles makes the movie even more interesting. Roughly 70 miles (110 km) covered which means that the territory is well documented.
    The only major fault I found was the total length. 8 hours is almost to long for any movie. I found that when showing the movie to others, interest was fading after
    3 1/2 to 4 hours. Still I recomend this movie to any Railfan.

  3. Mojave Narrows

    This is one of the “Pentrex Classics” as I like to call them. A very in depth look at Tehachapi. Not just the loop, but the surrounding as well. It is very worth purchasing. The map that is included is from the Altamont Press timetable.

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