APA 81 and company just leaving the BNSF interchange in Holbrook with grain loads for the pig farm and coal loads for the paper mill in Snowflake.
The Apache Railway was a fun chase today. Here she is, almost home, with the loaded cars picked up from the BNSF. The power is just kept in nice shape.
This Alco shows her stuff on the grade headed home.
These have to be the best looking Alcos in the world! These 4 lead a 95 car train as it slides across the vast Arizona landscape on its way to Holbrook to interchange with the BNSF.
APA 81 leads 2 other C420's on the northbound just outside of Holbrook AZ on a beautiful July 9 afternoon in 1991.
APA 81 leads 3 other Alcos into BNSF's small yard in Holbrook, AZ.
The Apache road frieght pauses just outside BNSF's Holbrook Yd. while the crew runs to Dairy Queen for lunch.
C-420's #81,82,84 and C-424's #98 & 99 switching the BNSF interchange as the late afternoon winter sun fades.