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)
Arizona Eastern Clifton Job rolls downhill into Clifton where they will hand off their train to the FMI and pickup a handful of cars to bring back up the hill.
After UP leased the Clifton branch north of Lordsburg, NM to the AZER, trackage rights were included. This arrangement finds an AZER train entering the UP Sunset Route at Bowie, AZ in the morning... (more)
With the infamous GE U-Boats heading to the scrapper as seen in this photo the Georgia Central has started using their "New" EMD power.
AZER 4009 at Globe AZ.
AZER 4005 at Globe AZ.
A Southbound Arizona Eastern freight holds outside of Safford, Arizona where a fresh crew will take the train to the UP connection at Bowie.