Maybe more than a caboose at times as evidenced by what appears to be. an air conditioner on the roof. Locomotives didn't have them. Maybe those wide springs on the trucks were for a softer ride... (more)
Swept away by time. Now there's no mine, no town, no railroad and no big red GEs hauling gigantic trains from the middle of nowhere. I thought was a great place for LA to put its waste but that ... (more)
A trio of Kaiser Steel U30Cs (the heaviest U30Cs ever built) bring a load of iron ore down from the Eagle Mountain Mine. Owned by Kaiser Steel, the Eagle Mountain Railroad connected the mine (and ... (more)
It's spring in some of the driest country in the US and because railfans came it's overcast and cool. Sad to see the operation shut a few years later. The railroad appears to be still there, tho... (more)
On a gloomy desert day, three Kaiser Steel U30Cs, with 1034 on the point, depart Eagle Mountain with a loaded iron ore train headed for the Southern Pacific connection at Ferrum Junction. These w... (more)
