After dumping their train in Hayden, OT-1 heads North to Ray Mine for loading then return for dumping.

Blue Ridge Southern's W84 job winds its way through Biltmore Village in Asheville with H/W equipment for the new natural gas plant at Lake Julian.

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

A pair of four-axle EMDs lead a St. Paul intermodal to Staples, MN for a power swap.

EMD GP39 No. 505 leads Copper Basin Railway train OT-1 across Bridge 988.36 at Ray Junction, Arizona, on the afternoon of April 21, 2017.

BN 2963 leads a piggyback train past the Oregon, IL depot in September of 1993. How many states have a state as a city/town? I know there is an Oregon, WI, Nevada, IA, and Washington, IA just to n... (more)

Heading up the High Line
Copper Basin Railway’s Smelter Job powered by EMD GP39 No. 401 pushes ore cars up the hill out of Hayden Junction to the Arsarco Smelter complex at Hayden, Ari... (more)

Copper Basin Railway engineer Aaron Nichols runs EMD GP39 No. 401 on the Smelter Job up the hill out of Hayden Junction to the Arsarco Smelter complex at Hayden, Arizona, on the morning of April 2... (more)

The Chessie System livery was undoubtedly one of the most color rich, some would say gaudy paint schemes in modern American railroading. This photographer loved that the colors could shine in almo... (more)

On the morning of April 20, 2017, a crew prepares Copper Basin Railway water car No. 0011 for a trip just west of Hayden, Arizona, were it will be used to spray down a dusty access road leading to... (more)

The southbound OT-1 at Kelvin.

A familiar site outside Union Station. This unit can be seen shuffling around Metra cars seemingly nonstop before every afternoon rush hour.

The conductor of Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 unit ore train shuttle signals the engineer to pull forward as he pulls the pin on GP39 No. 505 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. OT-1 is in the... (more)

Kansas City Terminal power heads through Santa Fe Junction as they shoot towards their yard on the western side of KC

Copper Basin Railway GP39 No. 401 and GP40-2 No. 303 sit in the CBRY yard at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. Close to old stompin’ grounds, No. 401 is former Kennecott (KCC-Ray) No. 1, while... (more)