More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)
The morning loaded train begins its journey back to Plaster City with the hills above Fish Creek behind it.
Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)
US Gypsum DL-535 #112 rolls across the Carrizo Creek Bridge with a loaded train. The fish Creek mountains can be seen in the background. This is the same Carrizo Creek that carved the impressive C... (more)
US Gypsum DL-535 #112 rolls downgrade with the rock palisades of the Fish Creek mountains in the background.
US Gypsum DL-535 #11 rolls across the Carrizo Creek Trestle on it's way to the gypsum plant at Plaster City. This is the only freight narrow gauge railroad operating in the United States, running ... (more)
"The door is closed!" Steve Barry's cry rang across the Ocotillo Wells desert, the four words none of us thought we'd hear on a 100°+ day. Nevertheless, the second departure from the US G... (more)
