Through one of the windshields of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 is a view of the approaching bore of Tunnel 3 at Riverside, Arizona, on April 20, 2017.

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is in the middle of its copper ore dumping process at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 un... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train prepares to dump its train of copper ore at Asarco’s unloading facility at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The arriving CBRY OT-1 unloads the ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore shuttle train is loading ore at Asarco’s massive Ray copper mine in a view from the cab of CBRY EMD GP39 No. 505 on April 20, 2017. On the left are unique hoppe... (more)

A view out the cab window and into the mirror of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on ore train OT-1 reveals the front part of the train rolling through a curve west of Hayden, Arizona, on Apr... (more)

OT-1 thunders eastbound through Kearny with a loaded ore train.

OT-1 departs Ray under ominous skies.

In a view from the cab of trailing unit EMD GP39CLC No. 505, eastbound Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore train is about to thread Tunnel 2 near Ray Junction, Arizona, on April 20, 2017.

OT-1 departs Ray Mine with a train of ore loads bound for Hayden.

OT-1 enters the Ray Jct. yard limits with a train of ore loads.

Ridin’ to a switch
The conductor of Copper Basin Railway OT-1 rides the steps of GP39 No. 505 to a switch while running around their ore train at the ASARCO dumper in Hayden, Arizona,... (more)

Copper Basin Railways OT-1 job has just finished at the dumper and begins another trip to the mines.

The Arizona countryside blurs by just west of Kearny from a view from the cab of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39CLC No. 505 on train OT-1 as the loaded ore train heads to Hayden on April 20, 2017.

Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) Copper Ore Train OT1 heads back South to the Hayden Smelter on their last run of the day with 48 loads of Copper Ore. They are seen here pulling the hill at Kearny, AZ.

Engineer Kenny Burgess is at the throttle of Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39 No. 505 on an OT-1 ore train near Kearrny, Arizona, headed for loading at at Ray Mine on April 20, 2017