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The Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway was a common carrier incorporated on January 24, 1894. The railway built from a connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Bowie, Arizona (known as Teviston until 1908), and continued northwest for 125.75 miles to its terminus at the mining town of Globe, Arizona.
The Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad went from the Southern Pacific's (now Union Pacific's) Gila Subdivision in Gila Bend, Arizona to Ajo, Arizona. [1] The railroad was incorporated in 1915 [2] for use by the New Cornelia mine at Ajo. Originally, the railroad was intended to connect to Tucson. [2] The railroad was in operation from 1916 ...
Significant distances requiring transportation in Southern Arizona are generally traveled by highway and the railroad. Southern Arizona is the location of the major transcontinental Interstate highway Interstate 10 from the border with New Mexico westward through Tucson, and then continuing northwest via Casa Grande to the Phoenix–Scottsdale–Mesa metropolis.
Tucson, Globe and Northern Railroad: Arizona and New Mexico Railway: SP: 1883 1935 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: Arizona and South Eastern Railroad: SP: 1888 1902 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: Arizona Southern Railroad: AZS 1904 1933 N/A Arizona and Swansea Railroad: 1909 1931 N/A Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF ATSF 1902 1996
By the end of 1909 the Arizona & California was an operating subsidiary of the SFP&P, using 3 4-6-0 locomotives made by Brooks Locomotive Works. On December 29, 1911, the SFP&P was merged into the California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway, a non-operating subsidiary (paper railroad) of the Santa Fe Railway.
Eventually the Official Guide would list all of the passenger train schedules of railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. At the peak of rail passenger service in the 1920s, "The Guide", as it was commonly known in the industry, exceeded 1,500 pages and was widely used by railroad personnel, travel agents, and ...
It commenced grading from the SFP&P connection at Entro (northeast of Prescott) on March 10, 1898. On September 30, 1898, the 26.4 mile (42.5 km) line was completed. On December 30, 1911, the P&E was merged into the California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway, a non-operating subsidiary (paper railroad) of the Santa Fe Railway.
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