The inbound Searles Turn arrives at the UP interchange in the late evening.
The Trona heads out of town with four EMDs in full throttle leading a heavy train.
Trona Railway's evening Turn to the UP interchange heads out of the other-worldly landscape on it's mainline as they approach Searles.
EMD 645 prime movers echo through the valley as Trona Railway's interchange train bound for the UP at Searles departs Trona with a heavy train.
Running light after having shoved a set of international cars up to Inyokern on the remnants of the old UP Lone Pine Branch, the Trona turn heads back into Searles to build its train of empties.
The weekday Trona turn to Searles comes around the curve passing an old water tank, a vestige of a time when there was a town here and locomotives were serviced. This is yet another shot I owe the... (more)
The weekday Trona turn to Searles is seen departing its namesake town (and mine) as it begins it trek through some of the most desolate areas in the USA.
