A classic Montreal built C424 number 98 sits outside the shops near Snowflake, AZ with sister 97 sitting just inside. This photo nearly sums up the Apache Railway's current operations. The company... (more)

Apache Railway’s road train to Holbrook smokes it up while switching the yard at Snowflake, Arizona, on March 7, 2005. Alco C420 No. 81 was originally Louisville and Nashville No. 1305 built in ... (more)

Apache Railway’s road train to Holbrook switches the yard at Snowflake, Arizona, on March 7, 2005. Alco C420 No. 81 was originally Louisville and Nashville No. 1305 built in 1964.

Montreal Locomotive Works and Alco products of Apache Railway soak up the bright morning sun at Snowflake, Arizona on March 7, 2005. MLW C424 No. 98 is a Canadian Pacific graduate, while Alco C420... (more)

With the very last sunlight of the day lighting up the high desert, Apache’s Holbrook Turn passes milepost 15 at Pig Farm, Arizona, on March 7, 2005.

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Dropping downgrade thru Elkins Ranch on the way back to the Catalyst Mill.

In the late afternoon on the Apache Railway's Snowflake Branch, finds 3 of the Company's Alco's setting out a string of well cars for long term storage.

After dropping there train of empty well cars at the end of the Snowflake Branch, 3 Apache units head back west light engines as they smoke it up in the late afternon sun.

APA 81 eases its train to a stop as they prepare to drop a cut of empty well cars for long term storage on the Snowflake Branch.

APA southbound Holbrook Turn a couple of miles from the plant at the south end of the line

A short consist does not preclude a little Alco exhaust as the Holbrook Turn passes the north switch at the pig farm on the outskirts of greater metropolitan Snowflake, AZ

Switching the south end of the pig farm before heading back to Snowflake