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This diagram shows active mainline railway stations, and is current as of August 2021. This is a route-map template for the List of Arizona railroads, a state passenger rail network.
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
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
Built by New Mexico & Arizona Railroad. Last Southern Pacific passenger service 1962. Still standing. Restored in 1990s and 2000s. Peoria: ATSF: 1895: Built by Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Last Santa Fe passenger service 1969. Moved to Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 1972. Still standing. Perkinsville: ATSF: 1912
For a more complete list, see List of Arizona railroads. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ...
U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within Arizona. The highway runs for 369 miles (594 km) from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico state line near Springerville. As it crosses the state, US 60 overlaps at various points: I-17, I-10, SR 77, SR 260, US 191, and US 180. Between Wickenburg and ...
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (SFP&P) was a common carrier railroad that later became an operating subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Arizona. At Ash Fork, Arizona, the SFP&P connected with Santa Fe's operating subsidiary, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad mainline, that ran from California to Chicago.
The Arizona State Highway system was introduced on September 9, 1927, by the State Highway Commission (formed on August 11 of the same year). It incorporated the new federal aid system and also the U.S. Highway system. The 1927 plan included 27 state routes, most of which were simply dirt roads.