Originally posted by MP57313 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply kenneo Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Upper Left Coast 1,796 posts Posted by kenneo on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 1:42 PM Now San Pedro and Southwestern. Along with the Arizona Eastern, this is all that is left of the EPSW (El Paso Southwestern) which was built by copper intrests about 1900 to eliminate themselves from reliance on the SP. SP ended up buying the EPSW and ran paired track (ala Nevada) for many years before trearing it up about 30 years ago. I've got the dates and stuff, but can't locate them at the moment. Eric Reply MP57313 Member sinceJune 2001 From: L A County, CA, US 1,009 posts Posted by MP57313 on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:19 AM Thanks. I knew about the San Pedro & Southwestern...they ran excursions out of Benson down to Fairbank for a while. Never got to ride it. But the track near Douglas looked like it was out of service... Reply kenneo Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Upper Left Coast 1,796 posts Posted by kenneo on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 1:07 AM It is. There is a team track on the US-Mexico boarder the name of which I can't remember that is just a few miles West of Douglas that is the end of operations. They transload shipments out of Mexico there instead of interchanging at Douglas is how I understand things. Eric Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 2:08 AM Hey, good info there, thanks! I was stationed at Fort Huachuca, and remember seeing a switcher in Douglas. This was back in the mid 80's. It was an SP switcher. Also was fun to follow the line up through (or around) Bisbee, then up to Benson, where it hooked up with the SP mainline. Erik Reply Edit ValleyX Member sinceApril 2001 From: US 1,103 posts Posted by ValleyX on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 6:43 PM Thirty odd years ago, there was still a two story depot standing, albeit in sad shape, in Rodeo, AZ. The rails were already gone east of Douglas by 1973, I know that for sure and the depot at Rodeo was gone three years ago when I last passed through the area. You can still see signal bases all along the way along Route 80 (?). My uncle was a civilian worker at Ft. Huachucha for years, now retired. Reply espeefoamer Member sinceNovember 2003 From: West Coast 4,122 posts Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 8:20 PM Is the San Pedro& Southwestern still running excursions? Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool. Reply kenneo Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Upper Left Coast 1,796 posts Posted by kenneo on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 10:48 PM Here are some websites that may be of interest http://tpd.az.gov/gis/maps/pdf/az_railroads.pdf http://www.azrail.org http://www.azrail.org/railroad/spsw/index.htm http://www.statesrail.com/ http://algomacentral.railfan.net/desert.htm Eric Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 11:05 PM States Rail was bought by Rail America, which is bad. States Rail's website had more information about the San Joaquin Valley Railroad than does Rai America's website. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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