- Trona Railway
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Trona Railway
logo_filename=TRClogo.jpg
logo_size=
old_gauge=
marks=TRC
locale=Mojave Desert , California
start_year=March 12 1913
end_year=Present
hq_city=Trona, California The Trona Railway Reporting mark|TRC is a mi to km|30.5|abbr=yes
shortline railroad owned by Searles Valley Minerals.The TRC interchanges with the
Union Pacific Railroad (former Southern Pacific) at Searles, California.The railroad has had various owners including Searles Valley Minerals (present), IMC Chemicals, North American Chemical and
Kerr-McGee Chemical.Operations
Traffic
The TRC 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. Navy China Lake FacilityPassenger Service
Passenger train service was offered on the TRC but was discontinued in 1937.
References
*cite book | author=Fickewirth, Alvin A.| title=California railroads: an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial, interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992)| location=San Marino, CA | publisher=Golden West Books| year=1992| editor=| id=ISBN 0-87095-106-8
*cite book | author=Stindt, Fred A. | title=American Shortline Railway Guide|edition=5th Edition| publisher=Kalmbach Publishing | year=1996|location=Waukesha, Wisconsin| editor=| id=ISBN 0-89024-290-9
*cite book | author=Walker, Mike| title=Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada|edition=Post Merger Edition| publisher=Steam Powered Publishing| location=Kent, United Kingdom|year=1997| editor=| id=ISBN 1-874745-08-0External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1916/trona.html]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/TRC.html]
* [http://www.trona-ca.com/tronarr.htm]
* [http://www.imcchemicals.com/SVM/Trona.html IMC Chemical, owner of TRC]
* [http://pw1.netcom.com/~wparsons/TronaRev1.html]
* [http://filmdeserts.com/gallery2/v/RailRoads/]
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