Copper Basin Railway GP39 401 leads a string of empty ore hoppers back to ASARCO's Ray Mine for reloading.

Copper Basin Railway's OT1, fresh from ASARCO's Ray mine with 60 loads of ore, approaches the railroad's headquarters at Hayden.

CBR 402 is heading from Ray Mine back to the SARCo Smelter

CBR 401 unloads the 60 car train. The load is sent up to the SARCO Smelter. This process takes about 30mins or so.

With a Yellow Bonnet on point the Cadiz local negotiates a set of S turns out side of Ludlow California

The Cadiz local approaches West Siberia on the BNSF transcon

Copper Basin Railway's GP39 #403 at ore dumping facility, Hayden, AZ

Jake Jacobson, President of the Copper Basin Railway and one of the best-known railroaders in North America, poses on one of his railroad's GP39s at Hayden.

CBR 504 heads into the Ray Mine to load up its 60 cars

A Copper Basin Railway OT1, loaded with copper ore from ASARCO's Ray mine, approaches Ray Junction with the huge mountains of mine tailings looking in the distance.

Copper Basin Railway train OT1 passes through Ray Jct. with a loaded train of copper ore.

Copper Basin Railway train OT1, with 60 loaded hoppers of copper ore, approaches tunnel 3.

OT-1 returns from Ray Mine to the Sarco Smelter in the Morning

OT-1 comes back from the Ray Mine