Train is pulling cars off the Holbrook main and then they will shove them back onto the Snowflake branch.

6 Alco and MLW units are pulling about 130 empty sand cars on the Snowflake branch as they head west to the junction with the Holbrook main.

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)

In the very last few minutes of light, the Holbrook turn makes it's last strides for the Apache's yard on the west side of Snowflake. Just as the rear of the train passed, what was left of the day... (more)

6 clean Alco units are pulling about 130 empty sand cars off the Holbrook main and then will shove them back onto the Snowflake branch.

The crew on the Apache's Holbrook turn takes a minute to look away from the setting sun of the western sky. After the "okay" is given from the Utility Man, the local will head back to Snowflake Jc... (more)

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn made a brief stop at Snowflake Jct to pick up 29 frac sand cars from the Snowflake Spur on it's return trip. After making the pickup, the engineer eases his imma... (more)

The Apache Railways's Holbrook turn is on it's way back south with 41 cars after nearly a three hour work window at the BNSF interchange. In this view the train has already set out three cars at t... (more)

The Apache Railways's Holbrook turn is on it's way back south with 44 cars after nearly a three hour work window at the BNSF interchange. The train will work the Pig Farm on the way back to Snowfl... (more)

Eastbound near Snowflake Junction with some nice Alco smoke.

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen approaching Snowflake, Az on it's northbound trip to interchange with BNSF in Holbrook.

Shoving cars down the line into Snowflake for storage

On a day that most likely will be the last time we will see 6 Alcos lashed up together on the Apache Railway, under stormy skies they head north to pick up the remaining 50 blue coal hoppers of th... (more)

Little did I know in May that shooting coal trains on the Apache would become a thing of the past less than a year later. Given recent events, I'm really glad I made the driver over from Flagstaf... (more)