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- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
- Catenary Supports
- Just a Little Before I was Born
- Afternoon normal
- The Flat Iron Cafe survives
- Aging in Place
- Raise your hand
- Good and Bad
- Oh, the 70's
- Nooooooi
- The aluminum tubing
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Pennies From Hades: 1905
Bisbee, Arizona, circa 1905. "Czar Shaft and copper mining operations, Queen Hill." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
HO scale?
Coolest model train set that I ever saw
Diagonal Smokestack
Considering all the belching at the base of the mine operation, why did they build that smokestack (if that's what it is) crawling up the mountain?
[Because fumes from the smelter are particularly noxious. - Dave]
One of the best preserved AZ mining towns
The underground mine went horizontally into the hill. It's closed now but you can tour it.
Downtown is now an artsy-craftsy haven.
or perhaps you can stare into the Lavender Pit open pit mine.
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