Southbound near Holbrook, AZ gets underway with a heavy train as the engineer throttles up....making the Alco units do what they do best!

Southbound near Holbrook, AZ under thundering skies.

Southbound at the AZ Hwy 377 crossing.

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen departing Holbrook, Az. after completing it's work at the BNSF interchange.

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen departing Holbrook, Az. after completing it's work at the BNSF interchange while a Alco does what they do best.

Apache Rwy Holbrook turn climbing away from Holbrook, AZ and interchange with BNSF

Apache Rwy Holbrook turn descending toward Holbrook, AZ and interchange with BNSF

The Holbrook turn returns south through a late summer rain storm - you don't usually think of driving rain when you think of photographing trains in Arizona!

Amtrak 4 rolls through Holbrook at track speed not long after dawn.

Symbolic of the looming storm coming with the paper mill closure the Apache Railroad itself is trying to find ways to stay ahead of the darkness and keep in business.

81 heads back south.

Today's Holbrook turn returns back south with 8 tank cars of slurry. The 81 is actually isolated due to traction motor/ground relay problems, leaving the remaining 24 cars behind in Holbrook Yard.... (more)

Light power heads north towards Holbrook on the first of 2 runs to pick up the last Blue Looper coal train on 8/16/12. The first run would be 21 mixed freight, 19 aluminum coal hoppers, and 11 blu... (more)

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)

Apache 99 is about 4 hours late as she heads South from Holbrook.