The loaded Trona train finally makes it up the major grade as it swings through the Pinnacles and towards the UP interchange.

TRC 2006 and company takes a major curve outside of town as they enter the Pinnacles.

TRC 2006 leads a six pack of 40's out of Trona as they battle the grade up to the Trona Pinnacles. In the background is the plant that keeps the town alive.

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.

A single Trona Tunnel Motor is the switcher at Westend as they wait for their next assignment.

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)

Led by a foursome of aged and weathered EMD veterans the daily local from Trona to Searles is slowly climbing out of the Searles Valley. Westend Facility, Lake Searles and in the background Trona ... (more)

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.

Nestled within the Searles Valley between the Argus and Slate mountain ranges lays the vast Searles Lake. Tapping the mineral rich wealth of the dry lake, where 98 of the 104 known chemical elemen... (more)

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)

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An ex SP tunnel motor leads a string of empty covered hoppers back to Trona from the UP interchange at Searles.