Copper Spike Railraod (Globe, AZ)

Globe, Arizona is about 70 miles from where we are staying in Mesa. I had heard about a restored train (circa 1950's) there and thought we should check it out. So we made reservations and took off with some friends.

Approaching the ticket office to pickup our tickets (special extra cost tickets for the dome car, nothing is too good for my readers).


The train, an engine, the dome car, and a lounge car.


Seated in the dome car. Luxurious, roomy seating with privacy..........not so much.


I decided to wander a bit (can't sit still too long). On my way back to the lounge car I took this off the platform between cars. Yes, it is still desert, just 2500 feet higher than Phoenix.


The lounge car. complete with bartender.


Looking out the backdoor window......


The town of Globe came into existence in the 1870's with the discovery of silver. Copper was discovered in the 1880's and is still actively mined today. Globe claims the first governor of Arizona as a native son.

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You would all like to hear how great the train ride was, but it was just "okay". The restoration was excellent, the service (luncheon) was good, but not free of confusion and re-dos. The trip itself was 2 hours. We pulled out of the station, traveled for 30 minutes, then stopped and backed back to the station. We continued backing right past the station and out to the Apache Gold Casino. We picked up a tour group from an earlier trip and went back to the station. The scenery is high desert. The most entertaining aspect of the trip was the antics of the the other passengers.

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