With the miners on strike and with no ore trains running, the Copper Basin Railroad ran security trains to protect its infrastructure from vandalism/sabotage.

303 & 302 pass E Tristan Rd whilst hauling a security train from Ray Jct to Hayden, 1 Nov 2019

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501 & 502 head light from Hayden to the Asarco Complex to fetch a train of acid tanks, 1 Nov 2019.

Unfortunately they returned less than one minute after the sun went behind a mountain.

*drone shot

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Due to a miner's strike the only trains running were a security train and a train of tanks.

501 & 502 depart Hayden to fetch the tanks from the mine, 1 Nov 2019.

* Note, some power cables have been removed with Photoshop

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