We are all in shock out here. It was with in a month or 2 of a complete renovation.
http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/ViewPost/65203
Phil
Timber Head Eastern Railroad "THE Railroad Through the Sierras"
My condolences to the Town of Tehachapi. We have lost way too much railroad history over the past generation around the USA. I do look forward to the very happy day when the rebuilt Tehachapi depot is dedicated and opened to the public.
==Daniel
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
I like your second pronunciation, although I almost treat the first syllable as "Tuh", or even "T'-".
I was there a little over a year ago--the municipality seems quite in tune with its railroad. Sorry this had to happen.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Murphy Siding wrote: How do you pronounce the name Tehachapi? I would have thought it to be Spanish sounding: Tay-huh-chap-ee. Last night, I was at the car races, and a spectator visiting won $360 in the 50-50 drawing. He said he was from Tay-hatch-uh-pea California.
It's pronounced like why the chicken was sitting on the little green veggie -- Ta-hatch-a-pea. Like many US place names, it is the foriegn (Spanish in this case) bastardization of the Indian name, which the Americans further bastardized in both spelling and pronounciation.
Teh Hatch A Pee
Bummer about the station
Have fun with your trains
Although the building was insured, the damages are estimated at over $1 million and the insurance payment will be for far less than this. I am asking for donations from the public in any amount to help bring this historical landmark back to life. The Friends of the Tehachapi Depot is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization so all donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Please consider donating. We'd like to have the depot rebuilt in time for the City's Centennial Celebration in August of next year, and will need all the help we can get. Make checks payable to Friends of the Tehachapi Depot and send to: Friends of the Tehachapi Depot, P. O. Box 2044, Tehachapi, CA 93581.
Carol D. WestoverMember, Friends of the Tehachapi Depot
Here is the website of the Tehachapi Main Street org. This is there website about the restoration of the Tehachapi Depot:
http://www.mainstreettehachapi.org/Proposed-Projects/Railroad-Depot-Renovation.html
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