Climbing through the fascinating Trona Pinnacles sprouting up out a dry lake bed in the harsh desert south of Searles Valley, a Trona Railway freight rumbles toward the Union Pacific connection at... (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 sun has already set as a Trona Railway train smokes it up as it arrives at Searles, California, on March 15, 2004, powered by six big EMDs with Union Pacific and Santa Fe ancestry. Darkness wi... (more)
A westbound Trona Railway train passes Oxy Yard and approaches Pinnacles, California, on March 15, 2004. The train is powered by two former Union Pacific SD40-2s and four former Santa Fe SD45-2s (... (more)
Near the southern edge of Death Valley, A Trona Railway freight heads toward the UP connection at Searles, California, moments before sunset on March 15, 2004. The train is passing the Pinnacle Na... (more)
A Trona Railroad train cruises out through the inhospitable landscape near the Trona Pinnacles. This area has been used as the setting for many sci-fi movies, including Planet of the Apes.