From a lonely vantage point on top of a pile of rocks, seven classic EMD's are seen guiding Trona Railway's daily outbound train of hoppers winding up the grade through the desert approaching The ... (more)

The rumble of classic EMD 645 power reverberates across the Searles Valley on a late summer afternoon as a Trona Railroad turn brings in another load of soda ash for processing. The train is passi... (more)

A Trona Railway freight heads toward the UP connection at Searles at Pinnacles, California, moments before sunset on March 15, 2004. Leading the train is a former Canadian Pacific SD40-2, now Tron... (more)

The shadows grow long in the desert as seven vintage EMD's lead the Trona Railway's daily train to Searles up the grade past the spectacular rock formations known collectively as the Trona Pinnacl... (more)

Trona Railway SD45-2s 3003 and 3001 are on the head-end of a train at Fleta, California, on April 11th, 2004. These units were on lease to the Union Pacific at this time. TRC 3003 is the former ... (more)

An ailing turbo has this aging set of Trona Railway EMDs down to a crawl, as they lug their train loaded with soda ash toward Searles.

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 tranquil silence of a late afternoon in the Searles Valley is suddenly broken as seven veteran Trona Railway EMD's notch up at Pinnacles for the continuous 1.6% grade to Searles. Upon arri... (more)

Trona Railway's aging SD40-2 #2008 pauses while performing switching duties in Searles, CA.

Arriving at Searles, 6 Trona EMD's will set out there train for the UP before returning to Trona.

Just after crossing Searles Station Road, the westbound Trona road freight sounds great grinding up hill with the throttle's wide open!

6 Trona EMD's lug a long train through the Spangler OHV area just south of Searles.

As this is posted the Southern Pacific has been a part of the Union Pacific for over 18 years, however the once familiar scarlet and grey livery of the once mighty SP can still be found being put ... (more)

Running light after having shoved a set of international cars up to Inyokern on the remnants of the old UP Lone Pine Branch, the Trona turn heads back into Searles to build its train of empties.

The weekday Trona turn to Searles comes around the curve passing an old water tank, a vestige of a time when there was a town here and locomotives were serviced. This is yet another shot I owe the... (more)