Climbing at Snowflake Junction on the way to Holbrook, AZ. Lead unit is ex-L&N #1305.

APA 81 pulls 43 cars north towards Holbrook, Ariz. to interchange with the BNSF Railway, Tuesday Dec. 20, 2016. With exhaust smoke pouring out of the two Apache units as climb over one of humps le... (more)

A pair of Apache Railway units begin their run north to Holbrook to interchange 43 cars with the BNSF Railway. Unfortunately for us, the BNSF Railway did not drop off cars for the Apache Railway t... (more)

A pair of Apache Railway locomotives bring back one, lonely, hopper car back to Snowflake after picking it up in Holbrook. The train left Holbrook with eight cars (six tank cars and two hopper car... (more)

A pair of Apache Railway units notch up to continue their trip back to Snowflake, Arizona after dropping off a car at the "Pig Farm" between Holbrook and Snowflake

APA 98 & 99 roll out their final miles with another string of storage cars.

A pair of Apache C424s snakes through the rolling landscape of eastern Arizona with a long string of storage cars for the yard at Snowflake.

Two of the Apache Railway C424's roll past MP 5 after picking making a pickup from the BNSF at Holbrook. Six cars are Pig Farm siding, plus another 30 cars or so for storage around Snowflake. Seem... (more)

Arizona’s high desert sees some of the last light of the day as Apache’s Holbrook Turn passes milepost 15 at Pig Farm, on March 7, 2005.

Two ALCO C424's #99 & 98 heads south outta Holbrook Arizona with five covered hoppers bound for the pig farm near Snowflake AZ.

Two ALCO C424's #99 & 98 puts on a show while heading south outta Holbrook Arizona with five covered hoppers bound for the pig farm.

With the very last sunlight of the day lighting up the high desert, Apache’s Holbrook Turn passes milepost 15 at Pig Farm, Arizona, on March 7, 2005.

The engineer grabs a couple of notches to start his heavy train up the grade as 5 Alco's lead the Blue Looper coal train south out of Holbrook, AZ on 4/12/12.

A pair of spotless ALCO C424's make the Snowflake to Holbrook turn, approaching Holbrook at MP 5, later than usual.

A short consist does not preclude a little Alco exhaust as the Holbrook Turn passes the north switch at the pig farm on the outskirts of greater metropolitan Snowflake, AZ