Loop Viewing Platform comes to fruition with donors,

The Tehachapi Loop is a wellknown railroad landmark that annually draws thousands of visitors. The present viewing area is inadequate to accommodate the vast number of visitors. To address this situation, the Friends of the Tehachapi Depot embarked upon a project to build a viewing platform that enlarges the viewing site.

In September 2020, the Friends of the Tehachapi Depot started raising $100,000 to build the much-needed viewing platform. Potential donors were approached to fund the project, and the response was overwhelming! Donations both large and small poured in, putting us well over our goal.

These donors deserve our sincere and heartfelt appreciation. We also wish to give equal recognition to our generous suppliers for their donations of construction materials and labor. We cannot list all of our donors, but at least we can recognize the major donors below:

Monetary contributions:

$10,000 donations: Friends of the Tehachapi Depot, Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council. 8Minute Solar, City of Tehachapi, BHE Renewables, Marlan Woodside and Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner

$6,000 donations: Kenny Harrison (AMA Builders, Heat Source & P-Dubs Brew Pub) and Carole Lindsey

$5,000 donations: BNSF Foundation and Waste Management

$1,000 donations: Steve Shaw, Tim and Judy Trujillo, Marathon Petroleum (Mojave Division), Alta Bank, Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District, Tehachapi Live Train Cams and J. Michael Hemmer

“In-kind” contributions: Lehigh West Cement Plant, Dal Bunn, Ramirez Mobile Mix, Inc., John D. & Virginia J. Thompson, Kern County Public Works Department, Griffith Construction, Tehachapi Live Train Cams, Pat Doody from The Tehachapi Loop,

South Street Digital, Audrey Post, Alex Kosich and Keith Sackewitz

The Tehachapi Loop Overlook Project Committee: Tim Trujillo, Keith Sackewitz, Laura Lynne Wyatt, Lydia Chaney, Eric Horn, Marlan Woodside, Linda Gordon and Nick Smirnoff

Our thanks to these contributors and many others not named who made this needed project possible.