Through one of the windshields of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 is a view of the approaching bore of Tunnel 3 at Riverside, Arizona, on April 20, 2017.

A Copper Basin Railway employee releases the handbrake of water car No. 0011 as a crew prepares for a short trip to just west of Hayden, Arizona, were it will be used to spray down a dusty access ... (more)

Last "straight" 39 bought by C&O, the rest were -2 merger acquisitions.

Former C&O unit was being used in a helper set. Some zealot got crazy with the renumbering.

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is in the middle of its copper ore dumping process at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 un... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train prepares to dump its train of copper ore at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 unloads the ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is loading ore at Asarco’s massive Ray copper mine in a view from the cab of CBRY EMD GP39 No. 505 on April 20, 2017. On the left are unique hoppe... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Smelter Job arrives back at Hayden, Arizona, on April 21, 2017, and passes CBRY EMD GP39 No. 503. To the left of No. 503 is the railroad’s shop, and on the right is the ... (more)

A view out the cab window and into the mirror of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 reveals the front part of the train rolling through a curve west of Hayden, Arizona, on Apr... (more)

Rather unusual unit leading a "rainbow" consist. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

It's July 26, 2014, the first day of operations on the newest Carolina shortline, the Blue Ridge Southern, and crews are going over some last minute matters. No doubt some pointers on safety and h... (more)

Bnsf 2740 leads the Cosgrove local up the Hannibal Sub.

With only 23 GP39's ever being built I suppose it would make this locomotive sort of unique. Built in July 1970 as the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay 507 and their only one today it's the Paducah & Lou... (more)

At near last light, the CBRY Unit Train comes onto the Ray Branch as they near their destination at the Ray Mine.

The UT heads off the Hayden Spur as they prepare to follow OT-1 west to the mine at Ray.