Arizona Eastern Railway’s South Siding to Clifton turn heads downgrade toward Tunnel 6 south of Clifton, Arizona, on October 23, 2020.

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On October 26, 2020, after a rainy and cold day in the high desert country of Arizona, the sun breaks out briefly late in the afternoon, illuminating the scene in golden light, as the Arizona Eastern Railway South Siding to Clifton train works upgrade toward Tunnel 6 south of Clifton. The job is doubling the hill because of heavy tonnage and wet rails, and is making its third trip up to the top of the grade at South Siding, including a morning run to Clifton to pick up cars left by Freeport McMoRan’s industrial railroad over the weekend.

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Arizona Eastern’s turn operating from South Siding to Clifton and return is climbing out of Clifton, Arizona, as it pops out of the barren portal of Tunnel 1 on October 22, 2020.

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After a rainy and cold day in the high desert country of Arizona, the sun breaks out briefly late in the afternoon, illuminating the scene in golden light, as the Arizona Eastern Railway South Siding to Clifton train works upgrade toward Tunnel 6 south of Clifton on October 26, 2020. The job is doubling the hill because of heavy tonnage and wet rails, and is making its third trip up to the top of the grade at South Siding, including a morning run to Clifton to pick up cars left by Freeport McMoRan’s industrial railroad over the weekend.

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After switching cars at the smelter of Freeport McMoRan’s Miami Operations near Globe, Arizona, and making up a good portion of an outbound train in the upper yard in the facilities, an Arizona Eastern train is now departing the FMI facility. Two B40-8s power the descent-sized train down a steep grade to reach the the AZER yard alongside Highway 60, where the crew will finish making up the road train that will head to south to Bowie. Momentary sun lights up the power as the train approaches the Highway 60 grade crossing on October 25, 2020.

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