Copper Basin Railway’s President and Chief Operating Officer L.S. “Jake” Jacobson poses on the front of spotless GP18 No. 201 at Hayden, Arizona, on March 8, 2005. Jake has run the CBRY for ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s shop at Hayden, Arizona is used for both locomotive and freight car maintenance. Over the drop pit on the right is EMD GP9 No. 207, while on the other side of the shop, CB... (more)

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP9 No. 207 is positioned over the drop pit for some routine maintenance in the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on March 8, 2005. Well kept CBRY No. 207 is former Northern Pacifi... (more)

Several Copper Basin Railway EMD GP18 and GP9 locomotives gather at Hayden, Arizona, on March 8, 2005. CBRY No. 201 is former Rock Island GP18 No. 4421, while in the background, No. 205 is former ... (more)

A look inside the CBRY shops, where 502 is currently undergoing work. Taken with permission.

Early days on the Copper Basin...here is the OT-1 westbound leaving Hayden yard with an ex Kennecott Copper unit, an ex SP SD39 and an ex NP GP9 headed westbound to the mine.

The freshly painted 204 is headed west to the yard at Hayden with loads of copper anodes received from the San Manuel Arizona RR (SMARRCo) interchange. The 204 is formerly NP 204 and is now being ... (more)

The newest Copper Basin unit is this GP40 that was delivered to the CBR a couple of days ago. It was built as L&N 3012 and was recently Idaho Northern & Pacific 4506.

An ore train, OT1, slowly backs through the dumper delivering another load for the smelter in Hayden, AZ.

Copper Basin Railway #401 leads the first ore train of the day, OT-1, into Hayden, AZ. Hayden is the location of the massive ASARCO copper smelter, which keeps this shortline busy nearly 24/7.

Copper Basin Railway #402 leads a sulfuric acid train downgrade from the ASARCO smelter. The train is about to enter the Copper Basin mainline at Hayden. The smelter, the reason for this shortline... (more)

A train of empty hoppers with 2 GP18's and 1 GP9 is running downhill from the copper smelter at Hayden. The Christmas Caboose is lit up every evening.

On a guided tour of the yard and shops to start the morning and a day of railfanning this professionally-run shortline operation, the 503 was cold in the house for repairs. Management totally rol... (more)

On a guided tour of the yard and shops to start the morning and a day of railfanning of this professionally-run shortline operation. A mechanic looks over the 503 which was cold in the house for ... (more)

Ex C&O/CSX GP39 504 leads today's mine runs as the second train of the day approaches the "dumper" in Hayden, Az.