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The operation began with two new oil-fired Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotives. The locomotives weighed 104 tonnes each and their boilers produced steam at 200 pounds pressure. When they were coupled together, they had a combined pulling capacity of 500 tons.

Passenger service
In addition to carrying inbound fuel oil and outbound fertilizer and chemical products from the new chemical plants in Searles Valley, the Trona Railway also carried passengers to and from Trona. Regular passenger services continued until 1937. A self-propelled coach for pupils of Westend, South Trona and Borosolvay to attend the school in Trona ran up to 1941. This coach was sold in 1941 to the California Western Railroad as their number M-200 for the Skunk Train from Willits, California, to Fort Bragg, California. It was sold to the Niles Canyon Railway in 1975.

World War I
In 1914 Searles Lake was one of only two known potash deposits outside of Germany. By 1916 potash was transported via the Trona Railway to farmers, who needed fertilizer, to feed the nation during World War I.

Three Elephant Route
The name Three Elephant Route was created, because many of the railroad's employees were British and did not understand, why the company should hang on to its heritage of 20 mule teams. As the story goes, they felt that three elephants could have done the job as well, if not better, than a herd of mules. The slogan was used as a brand and logo, which adorned Trona Railway equipment into the late 1940s.

Diesel locomotives

In April 1949 the Trona Railway purchased two new Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 locomotives (numbered 50 and 51) to replace the three steam locomotives that were operating at the time. These weighed 180 tons each and had 2000 hp motors. These locomotives were unique in that they had center cabs, not the traditional cabs in the front. Locomotive No 52 was a smaller Baldwin AS 616 that only developed 1,600 hp. Eventually, two more AS 616 locomotives were added to the fleet to bring the total to five. A small diesel-electric locomotive called Dinky was used for switching in the rail yards. A crew car was used for safety inspections of the rail track and to bring employees to the site of track maintenance.

The Baldwins were sold in late 1992, replaced with six leased EMD SD45-2's, all painted in red and silver similar to the earlier Baldwins. These in turn were replaced in 2004 by the current fleet (as of February 2021) of seven EMD SD40-2 and EMD SD40T-2 locomotives, all of which remain in the faded color schemes of their former owners, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. At least one EMD SW1200 switcher is also on the roster.

Operations
The main line runs from Trona to the interchange with the Union Pacific's Lone Pine Subdivision at Searles, a distance of . It has a maximum grade of 1.9% and has gentle curves, which permit a maximum speed of .

The railroad handles 18,000 cars annually (1996 estimate). Commodities hauled include:
Sulfuric acid
Soda ash
Potash
Salt cake
Borax
Coal
Minerals
Material for the U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

See also
United States Potash Railroad: a potash railroad in New Mexico

References

Bibliography

California railroads
Mining in California
Mining railways in the United States
Mojave Desert
Searles Valley
Transportation in San Bernardino County, California
Railway companies established in 1914
1914 establishments in California
Potash
Il Nuovo Falcone è una motocicletta costruita dalla Moto Guzzi dal 1969 al 1976 e costruita in circa 16.000 esemplari.

Il contesto
La moto nacque a fine anni sessanta su richiesta dell'esercito, per il quale era necessara una moto meno costosa e impegnativa da gestire della V7. Presentata al Salone di Milano 1969 nella versione militare (venduta anche ai civili dal settembre 1970), nel 1971 fu commercializzata la versione civile, che si differenziava da quella già in commercio per le linee più moderne e filanti, la strumentazione, il fanale anteriore, il silenziatore, la corona finale con due denti in meno e il dinamotore per l'avviamento.

Nel 1974 il Nuovo Falcone civile fu rivisto, adottando nuove colorazioni, e fu presentato il Nuovo Falcone Sahara, ossia il modello militare con una colorazione diversa (sabbia con telaio e silenziatori neri). La produzione dell'ultima monocilindrica orizzontale Guzzi cessò nel 1976, con 13.400 esemplari prodotti della versione militare (comprensiva del Sahara) e 2.874 civili.

Una delle caratteristiche che fanno più apprezzare il Nuovo Falcone è la sua semplicità costruttiva, che ne permette la manutenzione anche da parte dei meno esperti di meccanica. Fu adottato da vari organi pubblici, come Carabinieri, Vigili urbani, Vigili del fuoco, Bersaglieri, Guardia di Finanza e altri corpi militari; un lotto fu venduto anche alla polizia jugoslava.

Caratteristiche tecniche

Bibliografia
Vittorio Crippa, L'aquila che non volò, in Motociclismo d'Epoca febbraio 2002, Edisport, Milano, pp. 34-47.

Altri progetti

Nuovo Falcone

The operation began with two new oil-fired Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotives. The locomotives weighed 104 tonnes each and their boilers produced steam at 200 pounds pressure. When they were coupled together, they had a combined pulling capacity of 500 tons.

Passenger service

In addition to carrying inbound fuel oil and outbound fertilizer and chemical products from the new chemical plants in Searles Valley, the Trona Railway also carried passengers to and from Trona. Regular passenger services continued until 1937. A self-propelled coach for pupils of Westend, South Trona and Borosolvay to attend the school in Trona ran up to 1941. This coach was sold in 1941 to the California Western Railroad as their number M-200 for the Skunk Train from Willits, California, to Fort Bragg, California. It was sold to the Niles Canyon Railway in 1975.

World War I

In 1914 Searles Lake was one of only two known potash deposits outside of Germany. By 1916 potash was transported via the Trona Railway to farmers, who needed fertilizer, to feed the nation during World War I.

Three Elephant Route

The name Three Elephant Route was created, because many of the railroad's employees were British and did not understand, why the company should hang on to its heritage of 20 mule teams. As the story goes, they felt that three elephants could have done the job as well, if not better, than a herd of mules. The slogan was used as a brand and logo, which adorned Trona Railway equipment into the late 1940s.

Diesel locomotives

In April 1949 the Trona Railway purchased two new Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 locomotives (numbered 50 and 51) to replace the three steam locomotives that were operating at the time. These weighed 180 tons each and had 2000 hp motors. These locomotives were unique in that they had center cabs, not the traditional cabs in the front. Locomotive No 52 was a smaller Baldwin AS 616 that only developed 1,600 hp. Eventually, two more AS 616 locomotives were added to the fleet to bring the total to five. A small diesel-electric locomotive called Dinky was used for switching in the rail yards. A crew car was used for safety inspections of the rail track and to bring employees to the site of track maintenance.

The Baldwins were sold in late 1992, replaced with six leased EMD SD45-2's, all painted in red and silver similar to the earlier Baldwins. These in turn were replaced in 2004 by the current fleet (as of February 2021) of seven EMD SD40-2 and EMD SD40T-2 locomotives, all of which remain in the faded color schemes of their former owners, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. At least one EMD SW1200 switcher is also on the roster.

Operations

The main line runs from Trona to the interchange with the Union Pacific's Lone Pine Subdivision at Searles, a distance of . It has a maximum grade of 1.9% and has gentle curves, which permit a maximum speed of .

The railroad handles 18,000 cars annually (1996 estimate). Commodities hauled include:

Sulfuric acid

Soda ash

Potash

Salt cake

Borax

Coal

Minerals

Material for the U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

See also

United States Potash Railroad: a potash railroad in New Mexico

References

Bibliography

California railroads

Mining in California

Mining railways in the United States

Mojave Desert

Searles Valley

Transportation in San Bernardino County, California

Railway companies established in 1914

1914 establishments in California

Potash

Il Nuovo Falcone è una motocicletta costruita dalla Moto Guzzi dal 1969 al 1976 e costruita in circa 16.000 esemplari.

Il contesto

La moto nacque a fine anni sessanta su richiesta dell'esercito, per il quale era necessara una moto meno costosa e impegnativa da gestire della V7. Presentata al Salone di Milano 1969 nella versione militare (venduta anche ai civili dal settembre 1970), nel 1971 fu commercializzata la versione civile, che si differenziava da quella già in commercio per le linee più moderne e filanti, la strumentazione, il fanale anteriore, il silenziatore, la corona finale con due denti in meno e il dinamotore per l'avviamento.

Nel 1974 il Nuovo Falcone civile fu rivisto, adottando nuove colorazioni, e fu presentato il Nuovo Falcone Sahara, ossia il modello militare con una colorazione diversa (sabbia con telaio e silenziatori neri). La produzione dell'ultima monocilindrica orizzontale Guzzi cessò nel 1976, con 13.400 esemplari prodotti della versione militare (comprensiva del Sahara) e 2.874 civili.

Una delle caratteristiche che fanno più apprezzare il Nuovo Falcone è la sua semplicità costruttiva, che ne permette la manutenzione anche da parte dei meno esperti di meccanica. Fu adottato da vari organi pubblici, come Carabinieri, Vigili urbani, Vigili del fuoco, Bersaglieri, Guardia di Finanza e altri corpi militari; un lotto fu venduto anche alla polizia jugoslava.

Caratteristiche tecniche

Bibliografia

Vittorio Crippa, L'aquila che non volò, in Motociclismo d'Epoca febbraio 2002, Edisport, Milano, pp. 34-47.

Altri progetti

Nuovo Falcone