Copper Basin Railway ore train OT-1 is east of Kearny and headed for Hayden, Arizona, on March 8, 2005. Some remnants of spring rain pooling along the right-of-way reflects the copper and gray nos... (more)

The OT-1 is headed west from the dumper with mostly empties. The dumper jammed and a few cars were not unloaded. The last of this summer's monsoon season is fading rapidly to the east near the New... (more)

OT-1 smokes it up as it heads for Hayden just east of Kearny.

3 Copper Basin EMD's smoke it up as it leads its train into the small town of Kearny, AZ.

Copper Basin Railway's 505 leads OT-1 down off the Ray Block at Ray Junction.

Copper Basin’s unit train is westbound at Tunnel 3 East of Riverside, Arizona, on March 18, 2004. Copper Basin No. 505 is a former Chesapeake and Ohio/CSX locomotive.

A Copper Basin Railway loaded dump train led by a former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway GP39 rolls through the short Tunnel No. 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona.

As I did last year, I highly recommend to any one considering it to visit the Copper Basin. Not only are they a busy, good looking shortline, but they are also by far the friendliest operation out... (more)

The day's first train load of copper ore is seen here about to unload in Hayden. The cars have slots about two feet up from the bottom which allow the copper to fall onto a awaiting conveyer belt.... (more)

A long way for Appalachia, former C&O GP39 3916, now Copper Basin 505, leads CBRY GP39-2's 502 and 403 on southbound ore loads past the sidings at Ray Jct. It would seem that the draw of the tunne... (more)

A big difference between the East and West I noticed the very first day was that spectacular sunsets where much more common out here. Here is one such example.