Thursday is Maintenance blitz day on the Copper Basin Railway. Geep 9 gets shop time. Thanks to Jake Jacobson for a tour.
A string of Geeps take the weekend off.
The dust blows forward and the dust blows back.
Copper Basin Railway GP39-2 picks up empties for the 16:00 northbound.
Copper Basin 403 sets up the 16:00 northbound out of Hayden.
The OT-1 brings it 3K footage of train consisting of 60 empty cars to the west end of the Hayden block, and is about to release its westward DTC authority. When it's 60 cars are loaded at the mine... (more)
Copper Basin Railway hauls copper ore from the mine to the smelter in Arizona's high desert.
A Copper Basin Railway OT-1 loaded with 6,000 tons of copper oxide ore battles the short hill that leads to ASARCO's smelter.
A Copper Basin Railway OT-2 departs Hayden for the Ray Mine complex at sunset.
Exiting Tunnel 2, this train is about ready to leave the main line and head for the mine
Fully Loaded Ore train after leaving the Ray Mine
Symbol OT-1, with 6,000 tons of copper ore bound for the smelter, rolls through several cuts and prepares to enter tunnel 3 on this former SP branch.
Copper Basin Railway train OT-1 departs Ray Junction and tunnel 2 on its way to ASARCO's smelter at Hayden.
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.
