Editing Tehachapi Loop (section)

==Recognition and access==

A concrete viewing platform was constructed at the scenic overlook on Woodford-Tehachapi Road in the summer of 2021, allowing railroad enthusiasts to watch trains on the loop at a safe distance from the winding, two-lane roadway.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smirnoff |first=Nick |date=July 27, 2021 |title=New Tehachapi Loop Overlook Celebrated |url=https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/new-tehachapi-loop-overlook-celebrated/article_2c8abecc-eef5-11eb-ade0-f7cbc0c7d27c.html |work=Tehachapi News |access-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>

The Tehachapi Depot Museum is located in the nearby town of [[Tehachapi, California|Tehachapi]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 24, 2020|title=The Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum is reopening|url=https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2020/10/24/happenings/the-tehachapi-depot-railroad-museum-is-reopening/7333.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=The Loop Newspaper}}</ref>

The California Historical Landmark plaque reads:

:''NO. 508 TEHACHAPI LOOP - From this spot may be seen a portion of the world-renowned Loop completed in 1876 under the direction of William Hood, Southern Pacific railroad engineer. In gaining elevation around the central hill of the Loop, a 4,000-foot train will cross 77 feet above its rear cars in the tunnel below.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 26, 1953|title=Landmark chl-508 Tehachapi Loop|url=https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-508|access-date=2022-06-13|website=californiahistoricallandmarks.com}}</ref>

A large white cross, "The Cross at the Loop", stands atop the hill in the center of the loop in memory of two Southern Pacific Railroad employees killed on May&nbsp;12, 1989, in [[San Bernardino train disaster|a train derailment]] in [[San Bernardino, California]].<ref name="tehonline"/>

[[File:Tehachapi Loop NHCE Landmark.jpg|thumb|National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark identifier]]