Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway B40-8 4004 leads a southbound train past the bluffs at Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, May 29, 2018.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway B40-8 locomotives 4004 and 4001 drift downgrade into Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, after bringing the morning train of empties for the Freeport McMoRan copper and gold mine at Morenci, May 25, 2018.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway GE B40-8 locomotives 4004 and 4012 parked next to the San Francisco River in Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, awaiting the call to haul the next train south, April 18, 2018.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway GE B40-8 locomotives 4004 and 4012 parked next to the San Francisco River in Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, awaiting the call to haul the next train south, April 18, 2018.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern 4002 and 4005 cross the San Francisco River as they approach the yard at Clifton, Arizona, on November 14, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway 4005 and 4002 head south from Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, with a train bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, on a sunny Nov 14, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Southbound from Clifton, with the Morenci mine in the background, an Arizona Eastern train passes the old SP milepost 1211. Oct 3, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4004 and 4002 haul a southbound train from the railroad's yard in Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona. October 3, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway GE-built B40-8 4004 poses for its portrait at the company's maintenance shop in Globe, Gila County, Arizona, August 17, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern southbound through the ocotillos, Clifton, Arizona, July 26, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: 3 Arizona Eastern Railway GE-built B40-8 locomotives pull a late-morning southbound freight en route from Clifton, Arizona, to Lordsburg, NM, Jul 26, 2017
Ivan Safyan Abrams: UP 2627 and 4860 work upgrade with a manifest freight train past Marsh Station Road in eastern Pima County, Arizona, 01/30/2017
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific GE C45ACCTE 5311 works as a DPU for an eastbound manifest freight near Marsh Station Road in eastern Pima County, Arizona. 01/30/2017
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) GP8's 1529 and 1530 switch the copper smelter at Globe, Arizona, January 17, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern GP8 1530 and 1529 idle at the railway's locomotive maintenance depot in Globe, Arizona, January 10, 2017.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern 4010 and 4001 haul a southbound freight from Clifton, Arizona, past the giant FMI copper mine at Morenci, December 27, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4010 and 4001 lead a southbound train from Clifton, Arizona, to the railroad's yard south of town, with the Freeport-McMoRan copper mine in Morenci in the background. Dec 27, 2016.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway 4011 and 4009 idle with a southbound train in the railroad's yard south of Clifton, Arizona. December 15, 2016.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: 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
Ivan Safyan Abrams: FS (Italy) gondola in the materials yard of the Arizona Eastern Railway south of Clifton, AZ. I have no idea how or why this 1983-built wagon, converted to work-train service, found its way to the high desert of Eastern Arizona.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern's mid-day train heads south from Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, with the immense copper mine at Morenci in the background, February 26, 2016.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Under threatening skies, 4 GE-built B40-8 locomotives put their combined 16,000 horsepower to work pulling a westbound train of the Arizona Eastern Railway through Safford, Graham County, Arizona, September 12, 2016.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: 16000 horsepower moves an Arizona Eastern train through THatcher, AZ, on its way to Globe, Sept 12, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: The ground literally shook as these four B40-8 locomotives, with a combined total of 16,000 horsepower, accelerated west out of Safford AZ with an Arizona Eastern Railway train for Globe, Sept 16, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Four B40-8 locomotives of the Arizona Eastern Railway spend the weekend with their westbound train in Safford, Ariozna, Sept 10, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Awaiting a Monday departure for Globe, an Arizona Eastern Railway train is parked by a cotton field in Safford, AZ, Sept 10, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: A 4-unit consist of GE B40-8 locomotives heads a westbound train on the Arizona Eastern Railway, Safford, AZ Sept 10, 2016
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Arizona Eastern Railway GE-built B40-8 locomotives 4004 and 4011 spend a quiet weekend in the yard south of Clifton, AZ, September 10, 2016.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Almost as good as an ABBA set of F-units, Arizona Eastern Railway, Safford AZ Sept 10, 2016