The inbound Searles Turn arrives at the UP interchange in the late evening.

An ex-UP SD40-2 and ex-SP SD40T-2 shove hard on the rear of the Trona's outbound Turn to Searles in the desolate landscape.

The empty return train to Trona rolls past the dry lake beds and Trona Pinnacles.

The empty return train to Trona rolls past the dry lake beds and Trona Pinnacles.

The loaded afternoon train out of Trona runs past the Trona Pinnacles campsites.

TRC 2006 begins the assault on the 2% grade near the Trona Pinnacles

A trio of Trona Railway SD40-2 variants pull hard on a 70 car empty coal train headed to the UP interchange at Searles. The water tower on the left is a relic of the steam era, used during a time ... (more)

Trona Railway SD40T-2 leads a short train downgrade at the Trona Pinacles with 3 of its fellow EMD counterparts. An early departure from Searles station enabled some great evening shots of the ret... (more)

Trona Railway job heading north towards main plant at Trona, CA.

An afternoon interchange train for the Union Pacific heads west of Pinnacles as the late afternoon light beings to fade.

An afternoon interchange train for the Union Pacific passes the world famous Pinnacles in the Searles Valley.

An afternoon interchange train for the Union Pacific leaves the Searles Valley Mineral plant and heads into the desolate land between Trona and the yard in Sealres.

Trona Railawy 2005 leads a northboundd loaded coal train out of Searles Jct., CA enroute to Trona, CA.

3 of Trona Railway's vintage SD40 locomotives lead an inbound 44 car loaded coal drag past the Trona Pinnacles after running light to Searles earlier in the day.

A solid set of aging Trona Railway EMDs begin the 31 mile journey out of the mineral rich Searles Valley to the connection with the Union Pacific at Searles.