Copper Basin Railway – 1995

Back in February 1995 I planned a trip flying into Phoenix, AZ with plans to spend around a week near Flagstaff on the Santa Fe, El Paso, TX on the Southern Pacific and finally a day at Hayden, AZ on the Copper Basin.  Easy to understand the first two but why Hayden you ask?  My goal there was to try and find a GP9, a former Northern Pacific GP9.  The Copper Basin had a GP9 numbered 204 that was ex-BN 1704, built as NP 204.  The 204 was purchased to work the joint NP/UP Camas Prairie lines in Idaho.  Nice CBRY renumbered it back to its original NP number!

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