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Arizona Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arizona. Class I Railroads * BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Shortline and Terminal Railroads * Apache Railway (APA) * Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC) * Arizona Central Railroad (AZCR) * Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) * Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) * Port of Tucson Railroad (POT) * Kingman Terminal Railroad (KGTR) * San Manuel Arizona Railroad (SMA) * San Pedro Valley Railroad (SPVR) Passenger Railroads * Amtrak (AMTK): ''Southwest Chief'', ''Sunset Limited'', ''Texas Eagle'' * Valley Metro Rail * Tempe Streetcar * Sun Link * Old Pueblo Trolley Heritage and Scenic Railroads * Grand Canyon Railway (GCRY) * Old Pueblo Trolley * Verde Canyon Railroad Industrial Rail Operations * Camp Navajo#Camp Navajo Railroad, Camp Navajo Railroad * Drake Switching Company * Freeport McMoRan Railroad Defunct railroads ;Private freight carriers * Apache Lumber Company * Arizona Lumber and Timber Company * Cady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempe Streetcar
The Valley Metro Streetcar (S Line) known as the Tempe Streetcar during planning, is a modern streetcar in Tempe, Arizona, operated by Valley Metro. The line serves downtown Tempe, Tempe Town Lake, and the Arizona State University Tempe campus with 14 stations. Construction began in 2017, and the line opened for service on May 20, 2022. Route and service The Streetcar serves a C-shaped route through Tempe, from Tempe Town Lake to the southern edge of the Arizona State University Tempe campus, via downtown Tempe. The line operates primarily in mixed traffic, operating in the curbside lane in downtown Tempe and in center lanes elsewhere. The Streetcar's southern terminus, Dorsey/Apache Blvd, is a shared station with the Valley Metro Rail A Line. Another connection to the A Line is available at the streetcar's Third St/Mill and Third St/Ash stations, which are within walking distance of the A Line Mill Ave/Third St station. , the Streetcar operates every 20 minutes. Weekday a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Eastern Railroad
The Arizona Eastern Railway is a Class III railroad that operates of railroad between Clifton, Arizona, and Miami, Arizona, in the United States. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad between Lordsburg, New Mexico, and Bowie, Arizona. The railroad serves the copper mining region of southeastern Arizona, and the agricultural Gila River Valley. The railroad offers a transload location for lumber, building materials and other consumer commodities at Globe, Arizona, and can handle railcars weighing up to 286,000lbs. As of 2023, AZER has one interchange, with Union Pacific in Lordsburg, New Mexico. History What is now the Arizona Eastern Railway was chartered as the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway (GVGN) on January 5, 1885. Before completion to Globe in 1899, the GVGN came under the control of the Arizona Eastern Railroad (AE). The Arizona Eastern was leased by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in 1905 and merged into the SP system in 1924. SP s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The original Southern Pacific began in 1865 as a land holding company. The last incarnation of the Southern Pacific, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, was founded in 1969 and assumed control of the Southern Pacific system. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific legacy founded hospitals in San Francisco, Tucson, and Houston. In the 1970s, it also founded a telecommunications network with a state-of-the-art microwave and fiber optic backbone. This telecommunications network became part of Sprint, a company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona And Colorado Railroad
Arizona is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 counties. Arizona is the 6th-largest state by area and the 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. It is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of Alta California and Nuevo México in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
