Operations 101 A Photo Tour of M Sw RR

Operations 101: A Photo Tour of M&Sw RR Photos by Tom Crosthwait, President, Mogollon & Southwestern RR Editing by Fred Bock, MMR Chief Dispatcher, M&Sw RR

Tom Crosthwait, Owner & President

Fred Bock, Chief Dispatcher

Photo Tour of the Mogollon & Southwestern Railroad (photos run North to South) Flagstaff Globe

• Flagstaff (staging) • Clarke Valley • Ayer’s Jct • Mary Lake • Champion • Lavender Mine • Happy Jack

Clarke Valley Lumber Co.

Clarke Valley Lumber Co. CVLCo Runaround “the Loop” ATSF Runaround M&Sw Runaround

Ayers Junction

CVLCo Runaround Ayers Junction ATSF Interchange Track #3 (double-ended spur) M&Sw Main & Utility Runaround Track #2 House Track (spur) Ayers Jct Siding Track #1 Industry/ Team Track (spur)

Ayer’s Junction Depot & House Track

Ayer’s Junction & ATSF Interchange

M&Sw South to Globe Ayer’s Junction & ATSF Interchange ATSF NW to Flagstaff Industry/ Team Track (spur) Tk 1 Tk 2 Tk 3 ATSF Interchange (double-ended spur)

Bill Eubanks’ Place

Mary Lake – Lodge & Team Track (spur) Siding Track #2 Main Track #1 Team Track Switchstand

Short Freight Passing Mary Lake Depot (southbound)

Southbound from Mary Lake

Old Coal Tipple – South Mary Lake Siding Switchstand Main Track #1 MOW Track Switchstand MOW Track (spur) Siding Track #2

Leaving Boos’ Coal Tipple (northbound)

Champion (telephone)

Mormons’ Creek

Lavender Mine Spur

Happy Jack Control Panel Turning Wye Runaround #2 Runaround #1

Happy Jack (major mining district)

Happy Jack (major mining district) Freight Track (spur) Chemical Track (spur) Mine Spur Drill Track #3 House Track (doubleended spur) Siding Track #2 Main Track #1

• East Verde Canyon • Strawberry • Payson • Meander Mine • Crusher • Arizona Southern Jct. • Miami • Globe

East Verde River Canyon

Strawberry, AZ Ferrocarril del Pacifico pool power train climbing northbound.

Strawberry (water stop)

Payson, AZ and Meander Mine [301] PFE [302] [303] MKT Strawberry & Happy Jack M&Sw Meander Mine SP Tunnel No. 3 Tunnel No. 2 [401] Kohl Feed & Grain [404] Express Track RPO RG 5] [40 D& Kohl Cattle Co. ck Tea Tra m [401] Runaround [402] 3] [40 Miami Tunnel No. 1 [Helix]

Payson – Kohl Cattle Company (spur)

Payson – Depot & Team Track (spur)

Meander Mine (2 mine spurs)

Miami, AZ & Arizona Southern Jct. San Carlos Packing Co. (to Payson) [103] M&Sw main [101] [201] [203] [202] Gila Lumber Co. PFE [101] [102] (to Nogales) Cutter Flour Mill [102] [104] [107] [105] [101] [108] [205] Freight House [106] bagging house SFRD loading PFE Bock Perlite CB&Q AZS Interchange, Arizona Southern RR. Team Track SP “Ore House” (Crusher) [204] M&Sw (to Globe) Zingerle Bridge

Raw Ore Spurs (in) Crushed Ore (out) ASARCO Ore Crusher & Exchange. M&Sw Main AZS Main ASARCO Pocket Track

Arizona Southern RR Junction & Interchange

Miami, Arizona Spurs

San Carlos Packing Company, Miami, Arizona

Cutter Flour Mill, Miami, Arizona

Bock Perlite Company, Miami, Arizona

Globe, Arizona Industrial District & ASARCO Smelter

Salt River Grain, Globe, Arizona

Globe Yard, Engine Facilities, & Caboose Track

Globe Yard, Engine Facilities, & Caboose Track #7 Loco Ready Track #6 Fuel/Sand Spur #5 Globe Industries Departure Track #2 Arrival Track #1 Local Freights Departure Track #3 Thru Freights Departure Track #4

Sonoran Desert, South of Globe, Arizona