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

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.

The smoke show the engineer put on for us lingers in the air as the Holbrook Turn shoves to the mainline from the Snowflake Branch on 9/20/12.

The engineer tries to shadow his train in smoke as the Holbrook Turn smokes it up on 9/20/12. The train is shoving back towards the mainline after making a pickup of stored frac sand hoppers off o... (more)

With 6 units and 15 cars going up hill, why not throttle down and then throttle up to give the photographers a show? The engineer did just that for us at MP 1 on 9/28/12 as the Holbrook Turn heads... (more)

Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen climbing out of Holbrook,AZ at MP 1 on 9/28/12. The 6 units on this train were needed for the heavy 73 car northbound train into Holbrook, which had 32 mixed... (more)

Engineer Kevin throttles up his 3 Alco/MLW locomotives and cloaks his train with smoky goodness as the Holbrook Turn heads south out of Holbrook, AZ on 9/20/12.

Symbolic of the looming storm coming with the paper mill closure the Apache Railroad itself is trying to find ways to stay ahead of the darkness and keep in business.

81 heads back south.

Todays 8 car Holbrook turn is framed under it's parent company's sign as it arrives the yard at the paper mill on 8/24/12.

Today's Holbrook turn returns back south with 8 tank cars of slurry. The 81 is actually isolated due to traction motor/ground relay problems, leaving the remaining 24 cars behind in Holbrook Yard.... (more)

Three ALCO's lead 33 cars through the s-curves just West of Snowflake.