Western Railroad Discussion > booby prize

Railfans seem to be crazy about the second generation EMD power that the Trona Railway runs but little attention is paid to a similar operation just outside of Victorville, CA known as the Mojave Northern.  This railroad makes multiple rounds trips between the mine and the processing plant on a daily basis often times led by this castoff UP SD60.  While the scenery is not up to the standards of the Pinnacles outside of Trona, CA, scenes such as this one certainly argue that this railroad should be on anyone’s bucket list.  Here we have the afternoon run from the mine at White Rock Mountain climbing up to the railroad’s summit just west of I-15 on September 2, 2021. 

Paul
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all_red_at_rana on Instagram

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Works for me!

Excellent photo!
ALLEN

Nice!

Christi

RailFanAZ - RailFanning BNSF & UP
AZ, CA, NM, TX
RailFanAZ.com

Very nice composition. Do you know if the old blue SD40-2 no. 415 still operates sometimes?

very cool and at least this has a nice nose logo
                           Mark Mautner

I love the shot! I assume there's more opportunities along this line to shoot as well?
 

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

Great perspective and location.  Really shows the vertical curve of that line.
GK

Nice work, that is a fun line to shoot. I'm curious as well if the exSP T-motor (rebuilt into something closer to an SD40-2) is still on the property.
—Michael

stlrailfan Wrote:
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> very cool and at least this has a nice nose logo
>                            Mark
> Mautner


CEMEX plasters their name and logo on just about everything they own.

mojaveflyer Wrote:
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> I love the shot! I assume there's more
> opportunities along this line to shoot as well?
>  

Quite a few locations along the relatively short line, for both eastbounds and westbounds.

espee4ever Wrote:
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> Nice work, that is a fun line to shoot. I'm
> curious as well if the exSP T-motor (rebuilt into
> something closer to an SD40-2) is still on the
> property.
> —Michael

It's on the property and gets out and about intermittently - do a search on TO, it was running last March (2021) and there are photos...



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PHall Wrote:

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> CEMEX plasters their name and logo on just about
> everything they own.

And why wouldn't they?  It is their property. 

Paul