A light blanket of snow covers the former sectiion of ATSF transcontinental at Daze,, AZ where the 7999 leads the Phoenix/westbound. When the Crookton Cutoff opened this section of track was kept ... (more)

Hill Turn The third Freeport McMoran run up the mountain to Morenci leaves Clifton, Arizona. The train made up of loaded sulphur, acid & empty concentrate gondolas puts on quite a show ... (more)

In late Jan snow falls all the way down to Drake, AZ as the 7250 leads the Phoenix/westbound train over Big Hell Canyon on the BNSF Phoenix Sub.

On the eve of October 25, 2020, an Arizona Eastern Railway freight operating on the railroad’s Miami to Bowie line slowly trundles down Pine Street in Globe, Arizona.

Almost Heaven... Blue Ridge Mountains...

While these Country Roads took me home to the Arizona Northland, these blue mountains are not the ones that this lash-up of power would... (more)

Arizona Eastern's night job out of Lordsburg climbs the dry creek bed up Owl Canyon. Years of washouts caused many relocations and retaining walls. A 2.19% ruling grade and tight curves can chal... (more)

Arizona Eastern's morning job lifts a heavy cut of cars around the horseshoe curve after just exiting Tunnel 5 on the 2.12 percent climb out of Clifton. The train is made up of Copper concentrate ... (more)

What looks like a scene from the late 90s, BNSF 4700 leads a Belen, NM to Barstow, CA manifest train round the curve of Hackberry. As PTC is being installed on more locomotives, the iconic colors ... (more)

An outbound Freeport McMoRan train has negotiated the railroad’s steep grade from Morenci, Arizona, and approaches the junction and interchange yard with Arizona Eastern Railway at Clifton on th... (more)

A Freeport McMoRan train works up the steep grade between Clifton and Morenci, Arizona, approaching Corral Cut on October 28, 2020. Lead locomotives FMI No. 59 is former Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 t... (more)

Class Portrait

Lined up in the Williams Coach Yard, we find a working example of every class of locomotive power on today's Grand Canyon Railway (with the exception of its ex-A... (more)

UP 7415 and UP 6518 race a westbound doublestack through Benson, Arizona.

The crew on the new San Pedro & Southwestern GP-30 2426 bring their train into their small yard after delivering cars to the Union Pacific in Benson, Arizona.

A quintet of Freeport McMoRan EMD 4-axle locomotives lug a train up the steep grade of the railroad’s line from the Arizona Eastern’s interchange yard at Clifton to Morenci, Arizona, on Octobe... (more)

After switching cars at the smelter of Freeport McMoRan’s Miami Operations near Globe, Arizona, and making up a good portion of an outbound train in the upper yard in the facilities, an Arizona ... (more)