On October 25, 2020, a pair of GE B40-8s on an Arizona Eastern Railway job, switches boxcars used to ship copper cathodes and anodes at the smelter of Freeport McMoRan’s Miami Operations near Gl... (more)

After a rainy and cold day in the high desert country of Arizona, the sun breaks out briefly late in the afternoon, illuminating the scene in golden light, as the Arizona Eastern Railway South Sid... (more)

A long westbound ZWSPPHX curves through the tight curves between Hillside and Date headed towards its destination of Phoenix, AZ.

Gliding downhill just out of Hillside, BNSF 6025 leads a loaded train full of new autos bound for EL Mirage, AZ and dealerships across the valley.

BNSF 5756 leads a manifest uphill at Daze, AZ just a few minutes after sunrise.

UP 1996 soars downgrade through Shawmut passing by the original Southern Pacific Main alignment

A Freeport McMoRan train passes through a cut and heads downgrade just past the Corral Road grade crossing between Morenci and Clifton, Arizona, on October 22, 2020. Up front in the train are gond... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway's 239 leads the Thanksgiving Day train into the Grand Canyon Village.

Dynamic brakes howl from five locomotives on a Freeport McMoRan train dropping downgrade between Morenci and Clifton, Arizona, on October 27, 2020. The train is delivering interchange traffic from... (more)

On October 22, 2020, a 16-car (14 loads and 2 empties) Freeport McMoRan freight powered by four EMD GP38/38-2s headed up the steep three to five percent grade on the railroad’s line from Clifton... (more)

Freeport-McMoRan EMD GP38 No. 49, along with three sister GP38/GP38-2 locomotives, sits amid some mining structures at the massive facility at Morenci, Arizona, on October 23, 2020. Later that mor... (more)

10,000 Horsepower 3100 Tons! The 2nd run up the 4%+ Shannon Hill is down to its knees as it approaches the big cut near the Morenci Corrals. The lead GP38-2 was built in 3/76 and is wea... (more)

UP 8705 leads the ZMNLA through the cuts out in Vail Arizona

BNSF 6771 leads the westbound ZWSPPHX through Grand View, AZ.

Just before the sun dipped behind the distant clouds, BNSF 4982 leads an eastbound train through Angell on the Seligman Sub.