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Two FP7 locomotives pull 18 passenger cars through the Verde Canyon to Perkinsville and back. 

The engines, built in 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, first debuted on the Alaska Railroad for their centennial celebration.  Mountain Diesel, a Colorado-based company, purchased the engines and exhibited them at a California museum before their purchase by the Wyoming/Colorado Railroad in Laramie, Wyoming.  

In November 1996, the engines were moved to Clarkdale, Arizona.  After three months of restoration the classic iron horses were decorated with the Bald Eagle as a tribute to the inhabitants of the Verde Canyon and our American heritage, taking on the symbol of the Verde Canyon Railroad with their exclusive paint scheme.  The engines made their maiden journey on Arizona rails on March 8, 1997.

"Thank you for sharing the Verde Canyon Railroad with us. It was my first time in Arizona and these were the highlights."

—Samara Doucette, New York City

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