4011 & 4002 depart Clifton with the second train of the day to South Siding

After interchanging with Freeport McMoRan, Arizona Eastern Railroad's 4011 & 4002 depart Clifton with the second train of the day to South Siding

After interchanging with Freeport McMoRan, AZERs' 4011 & 4002 depart Clifton for South Siding, 4 Nov 2019

Arizona Eastern Railway's train 202 with three former Southern Pacific B40-8s at South Siding.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4006 crawls out of Tunnel #4 carefully bringing its heavy train down the steep grade into Clifton.

The inbound train from Lordsburg struggles up the 2.5% at MP 1206.

Sunset is near at MP1210 as the sun peeks through the gap between the trestle and the locomotive with a epic sunstar.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4009 climbs up out of Clifton with a train of heavy copper concentrate. Despite the relatively short length of this train, the two units (totaling 8000HP) are down to a craw... (more)

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4009 exits Tunnel #1 with the first train of the morning, bound for the top of the hill at South Siding.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4002 rolls past the stunning red rock cliffs of Rattlesnake Canyon with a train for Lordsburg.

Arizona Eastern #4009 rolls across the San Francisco River Bridge in downtown Clifton, AZ.

Arizona Eastern #4009 exits Tunnel #1 with an upgrade train leaving Clifton.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4005 carefully descends the 2.5% grade downhill into Clifton, AZ with inbound cars for the Morenci Mine.

Arizona Eastern B40-8s #4009 and #4002 crawl uphill out of Clifton with outbound cars from the massive Morenci smelter, which can be seen in the far background.

Arizona Eastern B-boat #4002 leads the downhill Clifton Switcher through the narrow cut at MP1210. The width of this cut illustrates the narrow gauge heritage of the line.