While stopping in Holbrook, AZ to grab some Cheese Curds and A&W Root Beer, we spotted the apache Railway switching the yard in Holbrook, AZ on 7/24/13. After the switching, they headed southbound... (more)

Canadian Pacific MLW C424 No.4238 at CP's Agincourt yard Toronto, Ontario October 23, 1987.

Alco-powered track checker
A Canadian Pacific track geometry inspection train crosses the Little Pic River Bridge at Middleton, Ontario, on September 24, 1993. Power is a lone Montreal ... (more)

Dropping downgrade thru Elkins Ranch on the way back to the Catalyst Mill.

A pair of spotless ALCO C424's make the Snowflake to Holbrook turn, approaching Holbrook at MP 5, later than usual.

Apache northbound Holbrook turn descends towards it's interchange with BNSF at Holbrook near MP 9 of the Apache Rwy

The Apache freight from Holbrook to Snowflake gets underway late in the day on March 7, 2005, leaving Holbrook, Arizona, in a smokescreen that would make a warship commander proud. The conductor s... (more)

WNYP 4228 and 637 lead the OL-3 into Cuba to set off three reefers at the Cuba Cheese siding before returning to Olean as light power.

To this day I have no idea why two former CP MLWs, at the time marked QGRY 4222 & 4242, were parked on a stub track near the LNA&C's interchange with NS, nor what ever became of the units.

Scenic train passes Boston Mills Ski resort running this day with good snow.

A short consist does not preclude a little Alco exhaust as the Holbrook Turn passes the north switch at the pig farm on the outskirts of greater metropolitan Snowflake, AZ

Even though they only have a 5 car consist a pair of Alcos put on a classic show as they pull the hill at MP 5 on the Apache Railway

Switching the south end of the pig farm before heading back to Snowflake

Apache Railway C424 #98 leads a short train up the Snowflake Branch. These units had just dropped of 10 cars of sand for storage on the branch, and now were returning to Snowflake Junction and the... (more)

Apache Railway #98 leads the weekly coal train through S curve just outside of Snowflake. Every week the Catalyst Paper Mill, the Apache Railway's owner, required one of these coal trains to maint... (more)