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Though it's 10 miles away, the mine at Morenci still dominates the view behind a southbound freight train of the Arizona Eastern Railroad near Clifton, Arizona, February 9, 2016.
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Dwarfed by the immense high desert of Arizona's Greenlee County, Arizona Eastern Railroad GE-built (for Cotton Belt) B40-8's 4010 and 4013 pull their southbound train toward an eventual link with the Union Pacific at Lordsburg, NM. February 9, 2016.
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With the enormous Freeport-McMoRan copper mine at Morenci, Arizona, for a backdrop, an Arizona Eastern Railroad pulls its train for Lordsburg, New Mexico upgrade a few miles south of Clifton, Arizona, on February 16, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern's GE power blocks Cornado Boulevard in Clifton, Arizona, as it assembles its train for the southbound run to Lordsburg, New Mexico, February 9, 2016.
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Two GE-built B40-8 locomotives, 4010 and 4013, of the Arizona Eastern Railroad haul a southbound train from the railroad's Clifton, Arizona, interchange with Freeport-McMoran's mine railroad and cross the San Francisco River on February 9, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern Railroad ex-Cotton Belt GE-built B40-8 4010 and 4013 accelerate toward Clifton, Arizona, with a train destined for Freeport-McMoRan's immense copper mine at Morenci, February 9, 2016.
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The warm light of an Arizona high desert morning accents the bright colors of two Arizona Eastern ex-Cotton Belt GE-built B40-8 locomotives as they assemble their train destined for the Freeport-McMoRan copper mine at Morenci, Arizona, February 16, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern (AZER) 4004 and 4005 and their southbound train leave Clifton, AZ, January 18, 2016
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Arizona Eastern GE-built (for Cotton Belt) C40-8 4004 and 4005 pull the southbound mid-day train out of the railroad's yard in Clifton, AZ, on Jan 18, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern ex-Cotton Belt GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4011 and 4012 await their crew in the railroad's yard at Clifton, AZ, on the afternoon of January 12, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern ex-Cotton Belt GE B40-8 4011 and 4012 at Clifton AZ Jan 12 2016
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Arizona Eastern 4011 and 4012 catch the afternoon light as they wait for their train at Clifton AZ Jan 12 2016
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Arizona Eastern Railway GE's 4003 and 4013 cross a wash in Greenlee County, Arizona, as they head south from Clifton to the Union Pacific interchange at Bowie, AZ, January 6, 2016
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Arizona Eastern Railway GE B40-8 locomotives 4013 and 4003, built for the SP's Cotton Belt, haul freight southbound out of Clifton, Arizona, on a rainy January 6, 2016.
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Genesee and Wyoming's Arizona Eastern Railway serves copper mines at Globe-Miami, Safford, and Clifton-Morenci, Arizona. Here, GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4011 and 4004, both ex-SSW (Cotton Belt), idle at Clifton on Sunday, Nov 29, 2015.
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3 General Electric B40-8 locomotives at rest in the Safford, Arizona, yard of the Arizona Eastern railway, September 7, 2013.
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3 GE B40-8 locomotives of the Arizona Eastern in the railroad's Safford, Arizona, yard, September 7, 2013
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Bright paint for a bright day, Arizona Eastern, Safford, Arizona September 7, 2013
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Looking brand new and shiny, Arizona Eastern rebuilt GE B40-8 4005 awaits a call to work in Safford, Arizona, September 7, 2013
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Arizona Eastern GE C40-8 4007 and mates awaiting their next call to work in Safford, Arizona, September 7, 2013
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Arizona Eastern GE B40-8 locomotive 4000, Safford, Arizona, September 7, 2013
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Another view of AZER 4010 and 4013 hauling one of the day's southbound trains from Clifton, AZ, with the mine at Morenci in the background. February 9, 2016.
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Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4005 and 4006 idle at the railroad's yard outside of Clifton, Arizona, with the mountains of Greenlee County in the background, December 8, 2016