On the early spring day of March 29, 2010, Copper Basin Railway’s empty ore train No. OT-2 curves through Ray Junction. The Gila River is running brown with runoff and wildflowers are sprouting in the high desert around Ray on this beautiful afternoon in Arizona.

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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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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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Copper Basin Railway’s loaded ore train OT-1 exits Tunnel 2 at Ray Junction, Arizona, on April 21, 2017. The desert country is nicely green along the Gila River in springtime.

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Copper Basin Railway’s ore train OT-1 exits short Tunnel 2 just east of Ray Junction, Arizona, on March 29, 2010. CBRY No. 501 is a former Kennecott Copper EMD GP39-2 No. 791 built in October 1978.

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