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 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)

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)

Ore empties are drifting from Hayden to the mine at Ray for more loading. At the time, trains schedules had been altered a bit from their traditional round-the-clock ops, but what the railroad ru... (more)

Empty ore OT-1 heads through Kearny with a GP40 leader. That milepost on the right marks rail distance from San Francisco, a holdover from the SP era.

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

OT-1 departs Ray under ominous skies.

Copper Basin's OT-1 ore train heads west through Kearny.

The conductor and engineer of Copper Basin Railway’s OT-1 ore train shuttle talk to a mechanical employee as they fuel up their locomotives at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017.

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.