Sunset is near at MP1210 as the sun peeks through the gap between the trestle and the locomotive with a epic sunstar.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4009 climbs up out of Clifton with a train of heavy copper concentrate. Despite the relatively short length of this train, the two units (totaling 8000HP) are down to a craw... (more)

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4009 exits Tunnel #1 with the first train of the morning, bound for the top of the hill at South Siding.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4002 rolls past the stunning red rock cliffs of Rattlesnake Canyon with a train for Lordsburg.

Arizona Eastern #4009 rolls across the San Francisco River Bridge in downtown Clifton, AZ.

Arizona Eastern #4009 exits Tunnel #1 with an upgrade train leaving Clifton.

Freeport McMoran #49 is in full dynamic as the loaded train descends the steep grade to Clifton.

Freeport McMoran #63 throttles up the start of the steep %.5% grade out of Clifton yard. This train will climb over 1200 feet vertical over the next 6 miles of railroad, the steepest operating fre... (more)

Freeport McMoran #63 storms up the 5.5% grade out of Clifton with a heavy train for the Morenci Mine.

Arizona Eastern B40-8 #4005 carefully descends the 2.5% grade downhill into Clifton, AZ with inbound cars for the Morenci Mine.

Arizona Eastern B40-8s #4009 and #4002 crawl uphill out of Clifton with outbound cars from the massive Morenci smelter, which can be seen in the far background.

Freeport McMoran GP38 #55 storms up the 5.5% grade out of Clifton, AZ with the first cut of cars for the smelter and mine. This train will climb nearly 1300 feet vertical in the next 6 miles.

Arizona Eastern B-boat #4002 leads the downhill Clifton Switcher through the narrow cut at MP1210. The width of this cut illustrates the narrow gauge heritage of the line.

Arizona Eastern B-boat #4012 sorts empties for at South Siding deep in the Arizona High Desert.

Arizona Eastern B-boat #4012 leads the inbound train from Lordsburg, NM uphill towards Clifton, AZ. This train is struggling up the stiff 2.5% grade out of the Gila River Valley and will soon reac... (more)