should be an east one.
Tehachapi ? that looks like the old Model-T road in the background.
Between Bfield & LAX
I second Tehachapi.
Not quite Vic
Caliente?
Not Caliente
Keene?
Very close
Um Chad, according to my trusty atlas there’s nothing else in the area besides Tehachapi, Calienti, and Keene. And if Keene is very close, it must be some un-named spot that us poor suckers who have never been there are not aware of.[:D]
Keene would be the nearest town but I was looking for the railroad location, not likely to show on an atlas.
Chad,
Is this kind of the area that the movie Duel was filmed in?
Dave
No, although this was suppose to be the route taken (he was headded for a interview in Bakersfield I think). Most of this movie was filmed on Soledad Canyon road Southeast of Acton. 50% or more on only a 3 mile streach. There were also a couple scenes with SP trains that were filmed further up the hill where a side road now goes into a mobile home community. This crossing is now gone as Metrolink did a series of line relocations straightening some curves and that crossing was bypassed. There were also a few scenes where he’s overheating trying to make a summit and that was filmed a few miles up hwy2 twards Angels Crest & Pasedena (or is it La Crecentia). The scenes with the school bus were shot at the bottom of Soledad Canyon road at the tunnel. And of course the opening sequence was traveling out of downtown LA and up the 14.
There is one place I haven’t been able to figure out though and that is where he skids into the fence and goes into the cafe across the street. I have never seen anyplace like it around Acton or the other places it was filmed, so if it was there it’s long gone now. But it really doesn’t look like anything in the Soledad Canyon area, judgeing from the trees and vegitation there it looks like it could quite well be in the area west of Tehachapi but I really don’t know. I would be interested in finding out though.
How about Marcel?
I sorta know where your talking about but its been a long time since I’ve been to Tehachapi, so I cant remember it, I give…you got me.
It looks like the bridge just railroad west of tunnel #9 at Walong.
Woodford?
Is the train heading westbound???
Hummm, SPcaboose named it, it is at the east switch of Woodford sideing. But Espeefoamer was also right that it is the bridge west of walong (the loop). Tough to call. I guess I’ll have to say you both got it. Good job. This was one I though someone would get right away and it turned out to be a good one.