Ex-SP and UP SD40 variants shove on the rear of a loaded Trona train as it departs town. The famous Trona Pinnacles in the background above the head end power.
With a significant string of loaded cars behind them, Trona Railway's ex-Southern Pacific & ex-Union Pacific power works together to conquer the stiff grade near the Trona Pinnacles.
Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)