CBRY LOCAL-01 coming into Florence, AZ with cars from Hayden to start the week for the Interchange Job.

CBRY's Magma turn runs east after interchanging with the UP earlier in the morning. I had gotten a call from a friend less than 5 minutes after waking up this morning, that the outbound train was ... (more)

CBRY 301 passes former SP searchlights as they leave the UP interchange and head back for Hayden.

After hauling into Phoenix to replace a camera (poor Noah), we headed back to the Copper Basin where we found the UP interchange job heading back to Hayden. Here we see CBRY 303 pulling the train ... (more)

CBRY 201 pulls the loaded train into the smelter dump that's just outside of Hayden Yard.

Now loaded, the smelter job goes back down the hill with GP18 201 on the rear of the train. To the left is Copper Basin's Hayden Yard where all their trains originate out of.

The Copper Basin smelter train runs up the hill with CBRY 201 leading. The 201 is an ex Rock Island F7B that they rebuilt into a GP18.

The Copper Basin starts its day by running the smelter train around its yard so it can go up the hill and into the mine at Hayden.

Copper Basin Railway train OT-1, with 60 cars loaded with 7800 tons of sulfide ore from the copper mine at Ray, heads southbound through a Saguaro forest toward Ray Junction on its run to the smel... (more)

Once my favorite shortline in America. At the time of this shot, the only train missing from CBRY's 24 hour schedule was the morning run to/from Ray. I would give anything for that being the only... (more)

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39-2 No. 502 is having its 360 day (annual) inspection done inside the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The railroad’s well-equipped Hayden Shop includes a ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Jeremy Holyoak and Garrett Pitner from the mechanical department stay busy as they work on CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kenne... (more)

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

The twice a week Copper Basin Railway departs east out of Magma after its interchange with the Union Pacific on an late morning in early September.

Copper Basin Railway GP9 207 (ex-Burlington Northern 1893, originally Northern Pacific 276) leans into the curve at the junction leading to the copper mine at Ray as it brings train OT-1, comprise... (more)