Copper Basin Railway locomotive mechanic Owen Boehm inspects the trucks of CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 in the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kennecott Copper locomotive is hav... (more)

Heading up the High Line
Copper Basin Railway’s Smelter Job powered by EMD GP39 No. 401 pushes ore cars up the hill out of Hayden Junction to the Arsarco Smelter complex at Hayden, Ari... (more)

Copper Basin Railway engineer Aaron Nichols runs EMD GP39 No. 401 on the Smelter Job up the hill out of Hayden Junction to the Arsarco Smelter complex at Hayden, Arizona, on the morning of April 2... (more)

At the end of the day on April 21, 2017, Copper Basin Railway’s unit train departs Ray Junction, Arizona, led by CBRY No. 302, a rebuilt GP40 classified as a GP40-3.

The eastbound OT-1 is nearing Tilbury Road crossing in Kearny.

The westbound OT-1 is clearing the yard limit sign at Hayden Junction. The copper stripes glisten in the late afternoon wintertime light.

The southbound OT-1 is nearing Ray Junction with Teapot Mountain in the background.

The westbound OT-1 is heading north to the mine at Ray.

Copper Basin Railway's OT-2 job making its way north towards the mines at the end of another great day in the desert

Copper Basin Railway’s ore train OT-1 exits short Tunnel 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona, on March 29, 2010. CBRY No. 501 is a former Kennecott Copper EMD GP39-2 No. 791 built in October 19... (more)

A western diamondback rattlesnake has awakened from a nap while warming itself along a rail of the Copper Basin Railway main line near Tunnel 3 at Riverside, Arizona, on the afternoon of March 18,... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s unit train departs Ray Junction, Arizona, in some of the days last light during April 21, 2017. The train is led by CBRY No. 302, a rebuilt GP40 classified as a GP40-3.

On the morning of April 20, 2017, a crew prepares Copper Basin Railway water car No. 0011 for a trip just west of Hayden, Arizona, were it will be used to spray down a dusty access road leading to... (more)

L.S. “Jake” Jacobson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Copper Basin Railway, inspects the main line to Florence and Magma just east of Price, Arizona, using the company’s GMC Suburba... (more)

The Unit Train is headed north into the mine at Ray just before sunset.