Western Railroad Discussion > Trona Railway Rock-n-Rollin

This is day three of a three day railfan trip with TO member Cajon92.  We had originally planned to spend all three days at Tehachapi Pass, CA.  With a work window, wind and clouds at Tehachapi around 8am we decided to head towards the desert.  Our first stop was Boron. CA.  Around 11am we headed over to Trona, CA.  We arrived at Trona about noon, but the outbound train to Searles didn't leave the plant until 2:50pm.  We ended up catching the train at five different locations, three on the way to Searles (Westend, east of Pinnacles and east of Garden City), once when it was leaving Searles and one last time at Pinnacles.  Not bad for my first time out there.  This video was taken about 3pm at Westend on 5/18/15.

George Cataulin
San Diego, CA
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Wow that was cool!  So, do they have a "no open containers" policy on beverages on the Trona?  ;)

That camcorder is really sharp.  Excellent picture.

-Tom

Nice Track !!!!!

Fred

I take it those cars were empty. Sure wouldn't want to go that fast with loads.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

A different type of 'patch'.
...Lorenzo

As if those tunnel motors had not already led a hard life!    Great vid!

funnelfan Wrote:
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> I take it those cars were empty.

Those were indeed loads of potash heading for the Union Pacific at Searles.

Excellent video, George. It was a fun day for sure getting to rock 'n roll with the Trona Road. Looking forward to more from the trip.

~Ryan

Great vid, looks like they need to spend some money on track work ;-)
JB

Posted from Android

Great video!!   Reminds me of following the last days of the Milwaukee Road with my dad up in Montana.  

Nice video!!

An intesting video.  I thought you dubbed in barking seals instead of railroad sounds.  8>)

mapboy

All they need to do is speed up a bit. That will change the sway to bouncing up and down...  Great video!

~Dave

Showed some of my SP/UP customers at work and they LOVED it!

Great video, George, as always.  Thanks for posting.
Gary

Thats a great job George. Hopefully more people will film it.

i dont know what video camera you use but it is by far the best looking detailed HD video i have seen to date!! Great looking and thanks for the Trona catch

SD