STBX 4500 and two other GP40's sit out in the desert left for dead by an owner which went out of business. In a different time these engines were the pride of the fleet on the Idaho Northern & Pac... (more)
USG 111 makes one last run to the mine as the shadows from the mountains creep onto the tracks. To the right are some old codeline poles somehow still standing. Five minutes later this scene would... (more)
One of the better locations on the USG is the big bridge about halfway between the mine and the plant. It's a common place for offroaders to meet and take a break for a little bit. Here we see USG... (more)
After a few hours of loading, USG 111 pulls loads back towards Plaster City. To the right is the openness of the desert that has been conquered by offroaders.
The USG makes its first run of the day up to the mine with USG 11 leading the way. It's all remote desert running along sand roads from here.
USG 112 unloads cars from the night before at USG's Plaster City facility. The USG operates two Bombardier HR412W's here and is the last freight hauling narrow gauge in the United States.
Heading through the unloader.
The morning mine train nears the USG plant in Plaster City as it brings the day's first load of crushed gypsum from the quarry. The open nose door on the MLW DL535E is common operating practice on... (more)
The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.
US Gypsum DL-535 #112 rolls across a desert arroyo with a heavy loaded train on the evening of March 26, 2020. This is the last narrow gauge freight railroad in the United States, hauling gypsum r... (more)
USG# 111 crosses the heavily tagged Carrizo Wash Bridge with the afternoon gypsum train bound for the quarry in the Fish Creek Mountain Range.
USG# 112 slowly pulls the morning gypsum train through the unloading chute at Plaster City
Make Life Last, Put Safety First. Important words to live by, especially when working in industry. At the Plaster City, California processing plant DL-535-E #112 spots its train of hopper ... (more)
Looking sharp in new paint, one of US Gypsum's two narrow-gauge DL535Es backs to its train of empty gons as it builds the morning mine run.
