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The line reached Turkey Creek on November 30, 1902, and the following year it reached Saddle. Just prior to the line being completed to Crown King, on January 1, 1904, the Bradshaw Mountain was leased to the SFP&P. On May 4, 1904, the Crown King Branch was completed to Crown King.
In all, the railroad required five switchbacks, a tunnel and extremely high trestles to make the ascent to Crown King. Much of the current Crown King road (after reaching Cleator) follows the old railroad bed. The old trestles were used by risky drivers however they were removed and the road was fixed to accommodate passenger cars and trucks.
Crown King was the terminus (1904–1926) of the railroad, built by Frank M. Murphy to serve the mines of the southern Bradshaw Mountains. However, these mines were never very productive, and the BMRR was a financial failure. The line was abandoned in 1926. Much of the road to Crown King uses the old railroad bed. [5] Crown King Saloon
Although the P&E was operated by the SFP&P, the P&E did have two locomotives. P&E #11 (builder number 3073) and #12 (builder number 3072) were Brooks Locomotive Works 4-6-0 (also known as a Chesapeake or Ten-wheeler, UIC classification 2'C) steam locomotives with 19×24 inch cylinders and 56 inch (142 cm) drivers with a weight of 106,800 pounds (48,490 kg) and 22,270 pounds (10,110 kg) of effort.
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A railroad station had been established at the site, in the Bradshaw Mountains, along the Prescott and Eastern Railroad; in 1902 Murphy's Impossible Railroad (between the communities Cordes and Crown King) reached the town. Lev P. Nellis had already opened a town store and other amenities in 1901. [2]