For a brief time, AZER had an excursion train running along their rails to & from the San Carlos Apache Gold Casino & Resort. The reflection off the side of #6070 is very "Arizona".

The short lived "Copper Spike" passenger service street running in downtown Globe.

AZER 6070 is about to depart Sturtevant, WI on February 19th, 2012. The engineer is Craig Willett and the E-unit did not last long in this paint scheme. Neither did my film camera after this as I ... (more)

The SNC dinner train switches beside the Canadian Main on a warm evening.

Sometimes it can really pay off not to procrastinate on certain things on certain railroads that can seem too good to be true. I made a spontaneous decision to get up to Saratoga one September ev... (more)

200 miles south of Chicago, the RPCA Special swings off the Champaign Sub east onto the Effingham Sub.

Southbound Chicago-Indianapolis RPCA special train outside Mattoon, IL.

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 leads a short passenger train down Pine Street past the police department in Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2010. This former C&NW/Metra E8A was freshly painted for excur... (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.

How times do change.

Performing one last duty before heading out of town for good, AZER No. 6070 switches in the snowflakes at North Creek N.Y.

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 was freshly painted for excursion service in a short-lived Southern Pacific-style Black Widow paint scheme. The passenger train paused at Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2... (more)

Ex Metra, nee CNW E8 6070 is parked for the day at the yard. This engine will soon be repainted into Illinois Central colors and will be working back east.

AZER 6070 North blasts through the Glenview Metra / Amtrak depot with Iowa Pacific's dinner train to Sturtevant.