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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1972 - 12/31/2007
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Tucson Engine Facility: 1972
Title:  Tucson Engine Facility: 1972
Description:  Southern Pacific's Tucson AZ engine facility in the summer of 1972; Today it's full of EMDs although GE U33Cs and U25Bs were common as well.
Photo Date:  6/15/1972  Upload Date: 12/27/2010 6:02:35 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 3333(GP9R) SSW 6510(GP35)
Views:  629   Comments: 1
Tucson U-Boat
Title:  Tucson U-Boat
Description:  SP U-25B 6742 sits in the yard at Tucson in the summer of 1972
Photo Date:  7/5/1972  Upload Date: 6/27/2011 10:03:45 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 6742(U25B)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
SP GP9 3418 on a Westbound
Title:  SP GP9 3418 on a Westbound
Description:  SP GP9 3418, complete with "Ash Can" light, is the last unit on a westbound train at Tucson at 2:10PM on 13 July 1972; It's trailing U33C 8679, GP9s 3703, 3524 and U25B 6727.
Photo Date:  7/13/1972  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:23:26 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 3418(GP9)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
SP SD7 2734
Title:  SP SD7 2734
Description:  SP SD7 2734 sits in the Tucson engine facility in August 1972; in between stints as a heavy switcher; certainly a long way from when it hauled the Northwestern Pacific's "Redwood" along the Eel River. It still shows signs of having a steam generator; or at least the stack. . 2734 was built in 1953 as 5327 and later became 1434 and 1519 before being retired.
Photo Date:  8/11/1972  Upload Date: 9/19/2009 7:08:18 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 2734(SD7)
Views:  1162   Comments: 2
SP leads Amtrak
Title:  SP leads Amtrak
Description:  SP U33C 8760 assists Amtrak's Sunset Limited eastbound out of Tucson. Most of the cars, as are the UP E-units, remain in their original owners' colors.
Photo Date:  8/16/1972  Upload Date: 1/16/2008 10:54:02 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8760(U33C)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
SP in the desert
Title:  SP in the desert
Description:  An SP freight marches west across the desert close to the New Mexico/Arizona border (and not far from "THE THING") in July 1983. Up front five units, SD45s and a single GP35, are pulling for all they're worth.
Photo Date:  7/6/1983  Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:54:53 PM
Location:  San Simon, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  260   Comments: 0
Crossing the Desert
Title:  Crossing the Desert
Description:  Four units bring an SP freight eastbound near the AZ/NM border in April 1990. SD40T-2 8333 is followed by a GP40-2, B30-7 and SD45T-2.
Photo Date:  7/9/1983  Upload Date: 8/5/2009 9:35:25 PM
Location:  Vanar, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
SWKR 2044
Title:  SWKR 2044
Description:  San Pedro & Southwestern Railway (SWKR) GP20 2044. SWKR, originally a Kyle subsidiary, took control of the SP line south of Benson in 1992 and operated it a decade before selling to the San Pedro & Southwestern Railroad (SPSR).
Photo Date:  11/22/1995  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 8:39:40 AM
Location:  Benson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SWKR 2044(GP20)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
SP Westbound at Mescal
Title:  SP Westbound at Mescal
Description:  It's 10:30 on the SP's Sunset Route as three units wheel a train westbound; GE 8194 is trailed by 8158 and SD40T-2 8534.
Photo Date:  11/22/1995  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:24:14 PM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 8194(C44-9W)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
SP Power at Benson
Title:  SP Power at Benson
Description:  A pair of SP units rest at Benson AZ in November 1995. During the late 1960s through the '80s the SD45 family pretty much defined large road power on the SP; by 1995 these two were working a MOW train. 6818 was retired by UP in 1999 without being renumbered.
Photo Date:  11/22/1995  Upload Date: 8/5/2009 9:36:25 PM
Location:  Benson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 6818(SD45T-2R)
Views:  737   Comments: 1
Turkey Day
Title:  Turkey Day
Description:  A Cotton Belt GE leads a freight whistlin' by the Amshack at Benson AZ on Thanksgiving, 1995. A Wisconsin Central SD45 spices up a five-unit conist of otherwise four-axle power.
Photo Date:  11/23/1995  Upload Date: 2/8/2008 8:46:51 PM
Location:  Benson, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8074(B40-8)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
Wheeling Through Cosnino
Title:  Wheeling Through Cosnino
Description:  The standard four GEs wheel a stack train west through Cosnino AZ on a cloudy day.
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:27:23 PM
Location:  Cosnino, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4561(C44-9W)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Eastbound at Cosnino
Title:  Eastbound at Cosnino
Description:  Four GEs run an eastbound stack through Cosnino, AZ; located about ten miles east of Flagstaff.
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:27:39 PM
Location:  Cosnino, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7239(ES44DC)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
AZCR 1510
Title:  AZCR 1510
Description:  Arizona Central FP7A 1510
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:28:09 PM
Location:  Clarkdale, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AZCR 1510(FP7A)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Arizona Central Geeps
Title:  Arizona Central Geeps
Description:  Arizona Central power at Clarkdale
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:28:25 PM
Location:  Clarkdale, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AZCR 3413(GP9R)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
Former ATSF Station, Prescott AZ
Title:  Former ATSF Station, Prescott AZ
Description:  Prescott’s nicely restored Santa Fe Depot is located downtown on Sheldon Street. Opened in 1907 the rails were pulled up in 1986. The structure sat on the road’s fabled “Peavine” that linked Phoenix with the mainline at Ash Fork. The heavily graded route was bypassed by a new alignment in April 1962, which reduced travel between the points by up to two hours while also placing Prescott at the end of a branch line. Passenger service as of 1950 included connections with the Grand Canyon and the Chief as well as a diner and through sleeper. Northbound no.42 stopped at 9:45PM and returned as no.47, headed for Phoenix at 3:45AM. By 1961 the run was down to coach only with no convenient connections at Ash Fork. The 1971 Steve McQueen movie “Junior Bonner”, available on You Tube, includes a scene at the depot as well as a pair of ATSF Geeps trundling by.
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 7:28:49 PM
Location:  Prescott, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  192   Comments: 0
Arizona Grain 46
Title:  Arizona Grain 46
Description:  GE 65 tonner AZG 46 at Casa Grande; only 70 years old.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:01:22 PM
Location:  Casa Grande, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AZG 46(65Tonner )
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Path of the Magma Arizona RR
Title:  Path of the Magma Arizona RR
Description:  Out of service tracks of the Magma Arizona RR, north of Florence on AZ 79. The copper hauling road was idled in 1997 and was noted for its late use of steam as well as Baldwin diesels.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:01:53 PM
Location:  Florence, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Arizona Eastern Yard
Title:  Arizona Eastern Yard
Description:  The small AZER yard at Claypool AZ with a pair of units present. The geeps are said to be former AKMD GP8s.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:02:24 PM
Location:  Claypool, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AZER 1530(GP8) AZER 1529(GP8)
Views:  396   Comments: 2
Working the Mine
Title:  Working the Mine
Description:  A pair of AZER GEs work the copper mine at Claypool AZ on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:02:38 PM
Location:  Claypool, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AZER 4000(B40-8)
Views:  319   Comments: 1
AZER 2713
Title:  AZER 2713
Description:  Arizona Eastern hopper 2713 at Globe.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:03:03 PM
Location:  Globe, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
Depot, Globe AZ
Title:  Depot, Globe AZ
Description:  The former SP depot at Globe AZ, is the center of an important copper mining area. As of 1950 there was still a daily passenger train, No.381/382, the "Gila Tomahawk", from Globe to the SP mainline at Bowie, located 120 miles to the southeast. The train was gone by 1955, replaced by bus service.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:03:16 PM
Location:  Globe, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
Depot, Miami AZ
Title:  Depot, Miami AZ
Description:  The former SP depot at Miami AZ, along Adonis Ave, looking east.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:03:44 PM
Location:  Miami, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
Display Caboose, Superior AZ
Title:  Display Caboose, Superior AZ
Description:  A retired caboose, obviously of UP heritage, sits along US60 at Superior AZ and lettered for the Magma Arizona RR.
Photo Date:  11/20/2016  Upload Date: 11/21/2016 4:04:22 PM
Location:  Superior, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Westbound BNSF freight at Maine
Title:  Westbound BNSF freight at Maine
Description:  Four units bring a BNSF freight west through Maine, Arizona.
Photo Date:  3/23/2022  Upload Date: 4/4/2022 7:13:55 PM
Location:  Maine, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4074(C44-9W)
Views:  66   Comments: 1
Eastbound BNSF at Maine
Title:  Eastbound BNSF at Maine
Description:  Eastbound BNSF freight at Maine, Arizona. Flagstaff is about 20 minutes ahead.
Photo Date:  3/23/2022  Upload Date: 4/4/2022 7:15:12 PM
Location:  Maine, AZ
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 720(C44-9W)
Views:  65   Comments: 0


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