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I lived in Tehachapi as a kid from 1950 to 1956. Some of my most heart felt memories as a kid come from there. The loop was a thing we were all aware of. With two friends, I rode my bicycle from the town down below the loop and back up. Looking back, that was quite a ride. I used to enjoy seeing the huge steam locomotives coming through town - especially the cab forward ones. Many times I hiked around the mountains on both sides of the valley to see petrographs and an old, mining ghost town that had a story of chinese miners trapped in a collapsed tunnel still making tapping sounds in hopes somebody would let them out. Those were days when kids would be out of the house roaming and exploring until dark. It's one of the few places I'd consider moving back to, though I know it wouldn't have the same atmosphere.
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Marv Evans
'69 911E
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