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Save the Copper Spike!

An Interview with Kip Culver, Main Street Director This August a representative of Iowa Pacific traveled to Globe and met with Kip Culver to inform him that the company had sold the Arizona Eastern Railway to Genesee and Wyoming Inc. for 90.1 million dollars in cash. This was shocking news …

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New Diesel Engine arrives in Globe

A sleek new diesel engine is set to pull the Copper Spike this week. The new streamlined passenger engine was put into service after the Heisler Steam engine failed to make the grade – literally. The steam engine thrilled crowds but the slight grade heading out to San Carlos proved …

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