No that's not a mirage.....With the weight of their soda ash train now fully on the uphill grade leaving the barren Searles Valley, which will persist all the way to Searles, the thunderous roar e... (more)

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)

Trona Railway has some unique power in which a ex SP SD40T-2 leads a ex UP SD40-2, ex SP SD40T-2, ex UP SD40-2, ex SP SD40R and ex UP SD40-2.

Trona Railway has some unique power in which a ex UP SD40-2 leads a ex SP SD40R, ex UP SD40-2, ex SP SD40T-2, ex UP SD40-2 and ex SP SD40T-2.

Trona Railway has some unique power in which a ex SP SD40T-2 leads a ex UP SD40-2, ex SP SD40T-2, ex UP SD40-2, ex SP SD40R and ex UP SD40-2.

A quiet afternoon in the Searles Valley is momentarily disrupted by the whine of dynamic brakes and the unmistakable rhythm of steel wheels on jointed rail, marking the return of Trona Railway's d... (more)

18 years after Union Pacific's acquisition of the Southern Pacific who would have ever guessed that scarlet & grey SD40s could still be found earning a living in Southern California? Tucked away i... (more)

Six graduates of Electro-motive's La Grande, IL erecting hall, class of the SD40 series, bring the westbound empty Trona 'coal buckets' out of the Searles Valley and towards an interchange with th... (more)

After a trip to Searles, 6 units return light to Trona passing through the Searles Valley at Oxy Yard.

With their cars for the Union Pacific set out at Searles, the Trona Railway's EMD's begin their return trip back home as they cross Searles Station Road.

Nearly the entire Trona Railway roster puts on a good show as they throttle up with their train at Searles Jct. situated at the end of the ex-SP Lone Pine Branch. The rail line on the left once ra... (more)

Classic 2nd generation EMD power from SP and UP seems right at home as the engines lug a train of potash empties across the floor of the Searles Valley near the Pinnacles natural landmark.

A few old friends in unfamiliar territory, at least to the photographers. Six 2nd generation Electro-Motive diesels including three ex-SP tunnelmotors lug a string of trona loads to be interchang... (more)

Returning light power to Trona after setting out cars at Searles, 6 Trona units cross Searles Station Rd.

With its cars for the Union Pacific now uncoupled and set out at the Searles interchange, power for the local freight from Trona prepares to head light back up the branch to its namesake and tie u... (more)