Apache Railway C424 #98 coasts downgrade through Elkins Ranch just above Snowflake Junction. At the Junction, this train will set out 10 sand cars for storage on the Snowflake Branch before contin... (more)

Apache Railway C424 #98 makes a smoky exit from Holbrook as it pulls its train across the Little Colorado River bridge. The first of many grades on the Apache Railway begins right outside the Holb... (more)

Apache Railway C424 #99 pulls the daily southbound train through the red rocks at Milepost 5. This location was always a favorite among photographers as it had great scenery and accessibility as i... (more)

Apache Railway C424 #98 leads a short train towards Snowflake Junction on the Snowflake Branch. The Apache Railway rarely used the Snowflake Branch except for car storage. On this day the units of... (more)

Fired up & moving out for the days work

Apache Railway C424 #98 roars uphill out of Holbrook with a southbound freight to the Catalyst Paper Mill in Snowflake, AZ. Holbrook, a city on the BNSF transcon, was where the Apache Railway inte... (more)

Apache Railway C424 #99 starts its train at Snowflake Junction. The units had just run down the Snowflake Branch to move stored cars, and then recoupled to the northbound train. Of course, as the ... (more)

Apache Railway C424 #99 climbs the last grade before the Catalyst Paper Mill in Snowflake, AZ. This was the last month of operations for the Apache Railway as the line shut down in September 2012.... (more)

Apache railway C424 #99 darkens the sky with characteristic ALCo smoke as it enters Elkins Ranch with the daily train south from Holbrook. The Apache was the last bastion for ALCo diesels in the W... (more)

Apache railway C424 #99 leads the daily train from Holbrook to Snowflake past Milepost 5. This was the last month of operation for the Apache Railway, and I was lucky enough to see large trains st... (more)

Under cloudy skies caused by monsoonal thunderstorms, 6 engines help power the last cut of the very last Blue Looper coal train, approaching the Pig Farm on 8/16/12.

Under cloudy skies caused by monsoonal thunderstorms, 6 engines help power the last cut of the very last Blue Looper coal train out of Holbrook, AZ, passing a storage shed just outside of Yard Lim... (more)

3 of the Apache Railway's finest locomotives smoke it up as the Holbrook Turn rounds the curve headed southbound at MP 5 on 9/20/12.

A pair of C424's and a C420 put on a smoke show as they approach a cattle guard marking entry into ranch lands.

As the train makes its way back to Snowflake, a little throttle jockeying causes the ALCOs to do what they do best.