A pair of Arizona Eastern B40-8s appear fleetingly through a small gap in the hills as they descend towards Clifton with empty wagons to interchange with the Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold.

The twice-weekly road train from Claypool to Bowie heads past Bixby behind a quartet of Arizona Eastern B40-8s. About two miles along the canyon towards Globe its progress would be halted for seve... (more)

A pair of clean and bright Arizona Eastern DASH 8-40Bs chug up the steep, sinuous grade from Clifton to South Siding with a rake of gondolas containing copper concentrate.

Shortly after a beautiful sunrise and a precisely timed interchange with two other four-axle DASH-8s, five of the Arizona Eastern's B40-8s depart South Siding for Lordsburg with a heavily loaded r... (more)

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 leads a short passenger train down Pine Street in Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2010. This former C&NW/Metra E8A was freshly painted for excursion service in Arizona in ... (more)

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 was freshly painted for excursion service in a short-lived Southern Pacific-style Black Widow paint scheme as seen at Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2010.

After winding up the hill out of Clifton, AZER 4009 passes under Babers Ranch Road as it approaches South Siding where they will swap cars and head back down to town with another cut for the FMI.

A pair of AZER B40-8s ascend the hill out of Clifton headed to South Siding where they will pickup another cut of cars for the FMI. Freeport McMoRan's Morenci Mine can be seen looming in the backg... (more)

The Arizona Eastern begins its crawl up the hill out of Clifton headed for South Siding where another cut of cars for the FMI interchange is on hand.

RISI approaches CP Mt Jewett northbound with 5 EMDs for power.

Arizona Eastern makes an appearance at the Police Station on Pine Street with a nice looking 4-pack of ex-SP B40-8s. The Globe road train departs Mon-Wed-Fri about 8pm making a round trip to Lords... (more)

Arizona Eastern descending the long grade into Clifton with a sting of tank cars for the FMI which will be waiting at the bottom of the hill. In the background is part of the Freeport McMoran More... (more)

The Arizona Eastern begins its ascent up the winding grade and outta Clifton to a siding about 3 miles out where they will leave the train for Lordsburg and pickup another cut of cars for the FMI ... (more)

After putting together the interchange cars from the FMI at the tiny yard in Clifton, a 4-pack of ex SP B40-8s prepare to clime up the steep winding grade, through six tunnels to the siding at the... (more)