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Verde Canyon Railroad, Arizona Terminal at Clarkdale The Verde Canyon Railroad is a heritage railroad running between Clarkdale and Perkinsville in the U.S. state of Arizona . The passenger excursion line operates on 20 miles (32 km) of tracks of the Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad (AZCR), a shortline .
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Verde Canyon Railroad tourist train service returned in November 1990; new depot built in 1996 by the Durbano family. Clifton: SPRR: 1913: Built by Arizona and New Mexico Railway. Last Southern Pacific mixed passenger service 1967. Still standing. Replica of this depot built in late 1990s at Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park ...
The Verde Canyon Railroad, a passenger excursion line, runs between Clarkdale and Perkinsville on the tracks of the Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad, a shortline. The excursion train engines disconnect at Perkinsville and move along a siding to reconnect at the opposite end of the train for the return trip to Clarkdale.
On December 31, 1942, the Verde Valley was conveyed to the Santa Fe Railway by deed. On April 14, 1989, the Santa Fe Railway sold the Clarkdale branch to David L. Durbano. The new railroads were named the Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad for freight and the Verde Canyon Railroad for passenger service. Passenger service resumed in November 1990.
Drake was a town in the early 1900s, which grew out of a railway work camp for construction of the very high "Big Hell Canyon Railroad Bridge", on high trestles, completed in 1901. It was first known as Cedar Glade, and had a population of 70 in 1909. It was renamed to "Drake" in 1920. [2]
Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad: 1882 1887 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 ...