The Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad went from
Gila Bend, Arizona to
Ajo, Arizona
Ajo ( ) is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The population was 3,304 at the 2010 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just from the ...
.
The railroad was incorporated in 1915
for use by the
New Cornelia mine at Ajo. Originally, the railroad was intended to connect to Tucson.
[ The railroad was in operation from 1916 until the 1980s.][ In 1934, Childs was described as having a post office and station.][
In 1926, it was reported that the track was 44.327 miles long and that the railroad owned an additional 3.310 miles of tracks and sidings.
In 1969, six stations were listed in the timetable, but only Ajo and Gila Bend were agency stations. Black Gap and Rocky Point were short sidings used when passenger trains met. Childs and Midway were longer sidings.][
In 1998, ]Phelps Dodge
Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr. and Daniel James. The latter two ran Phelps, James & Co., the part of the o ...
upgraded the railroad for proposed resumed mining at Ajo.[
The railroad passes through the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range.]
References
External links
The Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad
(abandonedrails.com)
{{Maricopa County, Arizona
Defunct Arizona railroads