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The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is located in the former records vault building at the former Southern Pacific Depot, which was renovated by the City of Tucson in 2004. The museum does not charge for admission. Guided tours of the facility are available for a small fee, by appointment only.
A live internet-viewable webcam with audio atop the viewing platform's roof operated by Trains Magazine, EarthCam and Virtual Railfan. Indicators that a train is approaching the park include the following: Eastbound - Both railroads have defect detectors just west of the crossing that signal train statuses over the radio
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The last train to run between Phoenix and Tucson was the long-distance Sunset Limited. In June 1996 the train was rerouted 30 mi (48 km) south of Phoenix to Maricopa, leaving the Arizona state capital as the largest city in the United States to lack direct inter-city rail service. Tucson remains served by the Sunset Limited just three times per ...
Tucson station is an Amtrak train depot in Tucson, Arizona, served three times a week by the combined Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle train. History The ...
Sun Tran is the public transit system serving the city of Tucson, Arizona.In 2023, the system had 17,361,800 rides, or about 59,500 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. 100% of the fleet utilizes clean-burning fuels, such as compressed natural gas (CNG), biodiesel, and hybrid technologies. [6]
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]
Excursion train at Benson depot. On June 15, 1992, SP sold the line to Kyle Railways and operations commenced as the San Pedro & Southwestern Railway (SWKR). For several years starting in 1995, the SWKR ran an excursion train from Benson to Charleston. In 1997, the track was abandoned beyond Curtiss.