At near last light, the CBRY Unit Train comes onto the Ray Branch as they near their destination at the Ray Mine.
OT-1 departs Ray under ominous skies.
The Magma Local returns east as they pass through Kelvin on the way back from the UP interchange at Magma Jct. One of the original GP39s assigned to this region is on the point.
The Unit Train heads towards Ray Mine in the late afternoon.
OT-1 enters the Ray Jct. yard limits with a train of ore loads.
Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) Work Train is seen here getting ready to enter Ray Mine at Kelvin, AZ. With 3 Box Cars to drop off before heading back to Hayden, AZ. Light Engines
Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) Copper Ore Train OT1 is seen here passing through Kelvin, AZ. Getting ready to head into Ray Mine to get 48 more loads of Copper Ore
The southbound OT-1 is nearing Ray Junction with Teapot Mountain in the background.
The southbound OT-1 at Kelvin.
A train of sulfuric acid swings through the curve at Kelvin on the final stretch to the mine at Ray on the Copper Basin.
The OT-1 is southbound on the Ray Branch with 42 loads of copper ore.
The OT-1 is southbound at Kelvin. Good winter rains have made the paloverde and mesquite trees blossom out before the intense summer heat arrives.
The OT-1 is northbound at Kelvin in nice late afternoon light.
A pair of clean units is headed southbound at Kelvin and will soon round the curve to Ray Junction and then head east to the dumper at Hayden.
An ore train from the mine at Ray, AZ poses with the saguaro cactus in Kelvin as it delivers another load of copper ore for the smelter in Hayden, AZ.
