Copper Basin Railway’s ore shuttle train OT-1 exits short Tunnel 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona, on March 29, 2010.

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Copper Basin’s unit train is westbound at Tunnel 3 East of Riverside, Arizona, on March 18, 2004.

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Copper Basin Railway‘s empty ore train No. OT-2 rumbles through Ray Junction, Arizona, on March 29, 2010. Spring has sprung in the high desert, as the Gila River is running brown and a hillside of flowers soak up the bright sunshine.

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With EMD GP39 No. 505 leading three other EMD 4-axle units, Copper Basin Railway’s ore shuttle train OT-1 exits short Tunnel 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona, on March 8, 2005.

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Just after sunrise at 6:13 a.m. on April 21, 2017, a Copper Basin Railway employee goes about the morning rituals of inspecting and starting some CBRY power for the Smelter Turn.

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