A Union Pacific freight train streaks through the night, as it passes through the truss bridges that span the Mojave River at the east end of Afton Canyon.

Trona Railway SD45-2 #3001 sits outside the Trona shops shortly after delivery. Trona Railway is a 30 mile shortline that interchanges with the Union Pacific (ex. Southern Pacific) Lone Pine Bran... (more)

BNSF 7418 leads the Q-RICALT at Sandcut, CA on Union Pacific's Mojave Sub.

With Searles Valley Mineral's massive soda ash production complex visible in the distance, five second generation EMDs dig into the grade as they haul their unit train out of the Searles Valley. ... (more)

SP SD40R #7319 leads an eastbound intermodal train past the east switch at Woodford. This unit was SP's unintentional version of UP's desert storm paint scheme. That was because most of the gray... (more)

Three AC units lug a coal train - bound for the Trona Railway - up a short grade near Cantil, as the last few minutes of sunlight illuminate the desert floor.

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)

The Z-RICWSP1-28A blasts through the s-turn at Sandcut, as it begins its journey towards the summit at Tehachapi, in the early hours of a summer night.

Trona Railway SD40-2 #2008 leads its train of soda ash and empty sulfuric acid tank cars past Searles Valley Mineral's Westend chemical facility. The winter-like scene is produced from minerals m... (more)

Stopped in the canyon below Caliente, the train's conductor begins the long walk back to check for a defect on one of the cars. Meanwhile, BNSF's rapid responder shows up to lend assistance illum... (more)

The sun sinks in the western sky, framed by an aging Southern Pacific cantilever signal bridge.

The cattle in the distance hardly even notice the passing of Amtrak's 40th anniversary exhibit train, as they snack on their morning breakfast of carrots. The train is only 16 miles into its run ... (more)

Five Trona Railway EMDs lug 12 loaded covered hoppers, and a long string of coal empties out of the Searles Valley. In 23 miles the train will reach the summit at Searles where the cars will be i... (more)

A Union Pacific autorack train descends the 2.2% grade as it nears the entrance to Tunnel #1 between Bealville and Caliente, CA.

Two AC4400s lug a Trona bound unit coal train over a hill as it approaches Saltdale on the Lone Pine Branch.