The Trona Railway begins their day in the late afternoon with the temps pushing 112+ which really didnt seem to phase the crew with how efficient they were working.

The Trona heads out of town with four EMDs in full throttle leading a heavy train.

On the return from Searles, half the power was cut allowing this former Southern Pacific tunnel motor to lead the empty string of hoppers back to Trona.

EMD 645 prime movers echo through the valley as Trona Railway's interchange train bound for the UP at Searles departs Trona with a heavy train.

Ex-SP and UP SD40 variants shove on the rear of a loaded Trona train as it departs town. The famous Trona Pinnacles in the background above the head end power.

Trona Railway SD40T-2 2005 continues the southward climb out of the Searles Valley as it passes through the Trona Pinnacles.

With a significant string of loaded cars behind them, Trona Railway's ex-Southern Pacific & ex-Union Pacific power works together to conquer the stiff grade near the Trona Pinnacles.

Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)

Trona Railway's potash train begins its trip towards Searles, Calif. to interchange with the Union Pacific as dust sets over the Mojave Desert. With air crisp and cold, the sounds of former Southe... (more)

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)

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)

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.

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)