Editing Tehachapi Loop (section)

==Operations==
{{Tehachapi Loop}}
The Loop became the property of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in 1996, when the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems merged.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tehachapi Loop |url=http://digital-desert.com/tehachapi-loop/ |website=digital-desert.com |publisher=Walter Feller |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> Trains of the [[BNSF Railway]] also use the loop under [[trackage rights]].<ref name="interestingengineering"/>

Although Southern Pacific ran passenger trains on the Loop for years, it banned passenger service there soon after handing its trains to [[Amtrak]] in 1971. Union Pacific has maintained the ban since taking over Southern Pacific.<ref name="interestingengineering"/> As a result, Amtrak's ''[[San Joaquin (Amtrak)|San Joaquin]]'' train is unable to directly serve [[Los Angeles]] until a bypass is constructed or the [[United States federal government]] or the [[California State Legislature]] compel the railroad to allow passenger service to resume.<ref name="interestingengineering"/> Amtrak operates [[Amtrak Thruway]] buses for passengers wanting to travel between the Central Valley and Los Angeles. An exception is made for the ''[[Coast Starlight]]'', which uses the line as a detour if its [[Coast Line (Union Pacific Railroad)|normal route]] is closed.<ref name="interestingengineering"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shepard |first1=Stacey |date=June 20, 2008 |title=All aboard! Train makes rare trip over Tehachapi Loop |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/all-aboard-train-makes-rare-trip-over-tehachapi-loop/article_ca8ea19b-4e86-5bbc-b48c-b7fd749c3918.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=[[The Bakersfield Californian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehachapinews.com/lifestyle/2013/03/02/passenger-trains-will-be-diverted-over-tehachapi-loop.html|title=Passenger trains will be diverted over Tehachapi Loop|date=1 March 2013|newspaper=Tehachapi News}}</ref>