Out of some crazy stroke of luck, I managed to pass the Apache Railway yard near Snowflake, AZ just as a three pack of rare Alco and MLW locomotives departed north for Holbrook, AZ. The trio went ... (more)
Only months away from the shutdown of it's main customer an amazing one hundred and twenty five car Holbrook turn was descending toward the interchange with BNSF at Holbrook near MP 7.
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)
Two ALCO C424's #99 & 98 heads south outta Holbrook Arizona with five covered hoppers bound for the pig farm near Snowflake AZ.
Two ALCO C424's #99 & 98 puts on a show while heading south outta Holbrook Arizona with five covered hoppers bound for the pig farm.
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.
ex-N&W 415
retired
ex-L&N 1316, nee-TC 400
Back in the day...the Apache Railway traverses a typically lush Arizona landscape, though on this day the ground had scattered patches of some strange white stuff stuck to it. Six Alco's may have... (more)
