TRC 2005 (former SP 8541) sits in the yard at Searles on the former SP Lone Pine Branch as it awaits to take the second section of a loaded coal train back to Trona.
The desolate silence is temporarily interupted by the whine of dynamic brakes, as three EMDs bring a cut of empty covered hoppers back from the Union Pacific interchange at Searles. The geologic ... (more)
Stormlight illuminates the high desert while a set of Trona Railway power shuffles around some hoppers at Searles Yard where freight is interchanged with Union Pacific. The crew will work well int... (more)
With the southern tip of California's Sierra Nevada range looming in the distance, a Trona Railway crew ties down a cut of cars for interchange at Searles on the remaining portion of the old SP br... (more)