ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
RAILROAD 27 July 1866 to 1876 Original Owner - John C. Fremont Arizona lines built by joint venture (money) of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway (The Frisco Line) ![]() 1876 - 1983 Owner - General Edward Francis Winslow with engineering and building skills of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe (HSFZ) ![]() 3 March 1863 - 1995 Original Owner - Cyrus K. Holiday Chief Engineer for Gallup to Needles - Lewis Kingman A&P operations eventually taken over by A,T&SF Also built what is now the Grand Canyon Railroad in 1901 Merged with Burlington Northern to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) in 1995 ![]() Note: Original town names in ( ) |
Gallup
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Houck | Chambers |
Holbrook
|
Winslow
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Canyon
Diablo |
Flagstaff
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Williams
|
Ash
Fork |
Seligman
(Prescott Junction) |
|
Peach
Springs |
Antares |
Kingman
|
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| Yucca |
Needles
|
Walaha |
Grand
Canyon |
| Prescott
& Arizona Central Railroad 16 July 1855 - 1893??? Original Owner - Thomas S. Bullock Organized from merger of the Arizona Central Railroad with second Central Arizona Railroad Built first line from Prescott to connect with A&P at Seligman in 1886 (no longer exists) Built around the mountain from Drake to Clarkdale and up east side of mountain to Jerome in 1911 Now part of Verde Valley Railrod |
Seligman
(Prescott Junction) |
Puiro
(Jerome Junction) |
Prescott |
| Drake (Cedar Glade) | Clarkdale
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Jerome
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| Central
Arizona
Railway 1899 - ??? Owner - Major D.M. Riordan Formerly Arizona Mineral Belt Bought at auction for $40,440 from Col. J.W. Eddy Prospered at first with line south of Flagstaff Failed attempt to build tunnel through Mogollon Rim to Payson was its demise (or was it???) |
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Flagstaff
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Fulton
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Payson |
| Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad 27 May 1891 - ??? Owner - Frank M. Murphy Second connection from Prescott to A&P via Ash Fork in 1893 Drove P&AC Prescott Junction line (plagued by washouts and poor managment) off the map Winner of the big battle for the north/south rail line connecting Phoenix thru Wickenburg in 1895 "Might have" built original rails up west slope to mining town of Jerome in 1894 |
| Ash Fork | Drake
(Cedar Glade) |
Puro
(Jerome Junction) |
Prescott |
| Skull
Valley |
Hillside. | Congress |
Wickenburg (Matthie) |
| Prescott
&
Eastern Railroad ??? - ??? Owner - Another Frank M. Murphy venture Start of a southern line to Phoenix. Only made it half way. |
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Prescott |
Mayer |
Cleater (Turkey Creek) | Murphy's
Impossible Railroad to Crown King |
| Arizona &
California Railroad (ARZC) 1893 - Present ![]() Third connection in Arizona to the Golden State in 1905 |
| Wickenburg (Matthie) | Aguila | Vicksburg
(Hope) |
Parker
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Apache Railway (APA)
![]() 1917 - Present Owner - Abitibi Consolidated Rails south of Holbrook to McNary lumber mill For a while, the Apache Scenic Railroad (died 1986) Now only runs half way down to Snowflake (not in game) north of Taylor. |
Holbrook
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Taylor | McNary |
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