It's lonely out there. The picture was taken from over a mile away. I count 98 cars: 3 tank cars and 95 covered hoppers. The potash hoppers would be empty in this direction. Searles, a few mile... (more)
Looking down from above the Searles tunnel finds the Trona Railway with a empty coal train that they will shove back in the clear for the UP to take to Mojave later on in the evening.
Having just pulled to a stop with their unit train loaded with soda ash, five Trona Railway EMDs idle in the cool desert air, as the twilight sky signals the end to another day in the high desert ... (more)