Morenci Mine Train

A look at the rail operations of the Morenci AZ open pit copper mine. Mine trains originate uphill at the mine and bring refined copper and empty tank cars down to a yard at Clifton. There, the train meets incoming Arizona Eastern Railway trains that bring loaded tank cars and empty boxcars and gondolas. Arizona Eastern then returns to Lordsburg NM with the cars from the mine train, which are then picked up by Union Pacific. #railfanning #morencimine #clifton #ArizonaEasternRailway #Freeport-McMoRan #coppermine @pf310club