Power on Freeport McMoRan’s first train to the Arizona Eastern’s interchange yard at Clifton, Arizona, is at the very end of track, to leave enough headroom so FMI’s second train that is fol... (more)
Freeport McMoRan EMD GP38-2 No. 9 sits in the yard at Clifton, Arizona, on October 28, 2020. The locomotive is specially-painted to honor our United States military veterans, and is named “The M... (more)
Arizona Eastern’s turn operating from South Siding to Clifton and return is climbing out of Clifton, Arizona, as it pops out of the barren portal of Tunnel 1 on October 22, 2020.
Freeport McMoRan’s first hill turn of October 22, 2020, rattles the rafters of the church along Riverside Drive as it climbs the steep grade out of Clifton, Arizona.
The first of two Hill jobs on this October morning drops down the 4.5%+ slide above the site of the former Shannon Smelter. Earlier in the morning the job switched the Acid tracks at the massive ... (more)