Amtrak 2 passes the grain facility located just east of downtown Maricopa, AZ

While sunning ourselves on the rocks above Seligman this Arizona morning, a headlight slowly approaches in the distance and soon the 4456 East comes grinding up the stiff grade toward the Arizona ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39-2 No. 502 is having its 360 day (annual) inspection done inside the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The railroad’s well-equipped Hayden Shop includes a ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Jeremy Holyoak and Garrett Pitner from the mechanical department stay busy as they work on CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kenne... (more)

One of the Super Fleet Dash8-40BWs with an LMX Dash8-39B lead a Swift Roadrailer out of Crozier Canyon and down the tangent toward Valentine. Ektachrome.

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

Dash9s were as ubiquitous on BNSF as SD70Ms on UP. A pair of Dash9s and pair of SD40-2s power this westbound through Williams Jct., AZ on a winter late afternoon. Ektachrome.

LKK21 25 heads back into town after completing its work for the day.

The twice a week Copper Basin Railway departs east out of Magma after its interchange with the Union Pacific on an late morning in early September.

Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.

BNSF 5968 leads a westbound into Arizona.

From this overpass, we see both the orange sky and the headlights from an approaching stacker illuminate the rails with mere minutes left of daylight.

Under blue Arizona skies and following old Route 66 west of Seligman, here comes an eastbound with a typical post-merger power consist rounding the bend near old Audley station. Fuji Velvia.

The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)

On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.