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Common Carrier Railroads.

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	<span class="rltitle">[[United Verde & Pacific Railroad\|United Verde & Pacific Railroad.]]</span><br />		<span class="rltitle">[[United Verde and Pacific Railroad\|United Verde and Pacific Railroad.]]</span><br />
	'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads\|36in Gauge]]. ''' Financed by William A. Clark to connect his copper holdings with an existing branch of the Santa Fe Railway. A subterranean mine fire would prompt Clark to convert the underground mine into an open pit operation. In 1911 the smelter at Jerome was moved to Clarkdale and by 1919 the entire route was made obsolete by a standard gauge connection.		'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads\|36in Gauge]]. ''' Financed by William A. Clark to connect his copper holdings with an existing branch of the Santa Fe Railway. A subterranean mine fire would prompt Clark to convert the underground mine into an open pit operation. In 1911 the smelter at Jerome was moved to Clarkdale and by 1919 the entire route was made obsolete by a standard gauge connection.
	<span class="rlbottom">Jerome Junction to Jerome Smelter, Yavapai County 1894 - 1920.</span>		<span class="rlbottom">Jerome Junction to Jerome Smelter, Yavapai County 1894 - 1920.</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Arizona & New Mexico Railway|Arizona & New Mexico Railway.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' <br /> <br />
<span class="rlbottom">Lordsburg, NM to Clifton, AZ. 1883 - 1901(NG) to Present(SG).</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad|Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. '''Proposed to connect Tuscon with the Denver & Rio Grande to the northeast and extend southwest to the Gulf of California. Beset with financial woes after incorporation, the line made little progress during construction. In 1887 the line suffered setbacks and attempted to rebuild as a standard gauge line, but never materialized.
<span class="rlbottom">Tuscon SP Depot to Magee Road Area, Pima County. 1883 - 1887.</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Coronado Railroad|Coronado Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:20in Gauge Railroads|20in Gauge]]. ''' <br /> <br />
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<span class="rltitle">[[Magma Arizona Railroad|Magma Arizona Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' <br /> <br />
<span class="rlbottom">1914 - 1924(NG).</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Mohave & Milltown Railroad|Mohave & Milltown Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' Constructed to serve the Leland mine at Vivian (near Oatman, AZ) and down to the mill at Milltown to the west, then to a landing on Colorado River with a ferry connection to Needles, CA. The line was ravaged by floods in 1904 and languished without funding for repairs until ceased operation in 1906.
<span class="rlbottom">Needles to Vivian, San Bernadino and Mohave Counties. 1903 - 1906.</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Morenci Southern Railway|Morenci Southern Railway.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' <br /> <br />
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<span class="rltitle">[[Shannon - Arizona Railroad|Shannon - Arizona Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' <br /> <br />
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<span class="rltitle">[[United Verde & Pacific Railroad|United Verde & Pacific Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]]. ''' Financed by William A. Clark to connect his copper holdings with an existing branch of the Santa Fe Railway. A subterranean mine fire would prompt Clark to convert the underground mine into an open pit operation. In 1911 the smelter at Jerome was moved to Clarkdale and by 1919 the entire route was made obsolete by a standard gauge connection.
<span class="rlbottom">Jerome Junction to Jerome Smelter, Yavapai County 1894 - 1920.</span>
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