Re: Where ... ?

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Another WILD guess -
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> Near Jerome, Arizona?   I don't remember the
> name of the railroad, but didn't it run all the
> way from the ATSF at Seligman to Jerome?
>
> - Roosso

Not quite. UV&P was three foot gage and ran from the ATSF "Peavine" at Chino Valley to Jerome.
The Prescott & Arizona Central left the AT&SF Transcon at Seligman down through Chino and eventually to Prescott. It was standard gage and "featuered" very cheap construction which barely kept trains on the rails .... mostly.
The Santa Fe Prescott & Phoenix runs from Ash Fork (AT&SF) to Prescott and Phoenix. Transfer point at Chino Valley with UV&P. Once had a branch from just outside Prescott to Crown King and Poland. (Map from Verde Valley Railroads by Russell Wahmann. )


Skip Luke
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Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2016 07:16PM by Skip.