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)
Before they got patched to HLCX lease numbers, two of the three ex-Trona RR SD45-2's on lease to the UP were assigned to SLO as the Cuesta helpers.
Two of the three Trona RR SD45-2's leased to the UP are still working as the helpers at SLO after arrival last month. Here is TRC3001 shown cutting off the southbound QRVDO just outside of the SLO... (more)
Trading one part of the Mojave Desert for another Trona railway engines pull a set of tank cars out of Arden Mini-yard