CBRY 202 leads an empty copper slag train up towards the smelter in Hayden. They will load up, run back down the branch, and pull through the dumper in a few hours

CBRY 201 pulls the loaded train into the smelter dump that's just outside of Hayden Yard.

Now loaded, the smelter job goes back down the hill with GP18 201 on the rear of the train. To the left is Copper Basin's Hayden Yard where all their trains originate out of.

The Copper Basin smelter train runs up the hill with CBRY 201 leading. The 201 is an ex Rock Island F7B that they rebuilt into a GP18.

The Copper Basin starts its day by running the smelter train around its yard so it can go up the hill and into the mine at Hayden.

The San Manuel Arizona Railroad (reporting mark SMA) was an Arizona short-line railroad that operated from a connection with the Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) at Hayden 29.4 miles (47.3 km) to San M... (more)

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39-2 No. 502 is having its 360 day (annual) inspection done inside the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The railroad’s well-equipped Hayden Shop includes a ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Jeremy Holyoak and Garrett Pitner from the mechanical department stay busy as they work on CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kenne... (more)

Copper Basin Railway engineer Aaron Nichols throttles up EMD GP39 No. 401 on the CBRY Smelter Job uphill out of Hayden Junction to the Arsarco Smelter complex at Hayden, Arizona, on the morning of... (more)

A Copper Basin Railway employee releases the handbrake of water car No. 0011 as a crew prepares for a short trip to just west of Hayden, Arizona, were it will be used to spray down a dusty access ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is in the middle of its copper ore dumping process at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 un... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train prepares to dump its train of copper ore at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 unloads the ... (more)

A machinist from the shop gives Copper Basin Railway EMD GP40 No. 301 and GP39 No. 401 a early morning once over before the power heads out on the Smelter Job on April 21, 2017.

Copper Basin Railway’s Smelter Job arrives back at Hayden, Arizona, on April 21, 2017, and passes CBRY EMD GP39 No. 503. To the left of No. 503 is the railroad’s shop, and on the right is the ... (more)

A view out the cab window and into the mirror of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 reveals the front part of the train rolling through a curve west of Hayden, Arizona, on Apr... (more)