Tag: abandoned Railroad

  • El Paso and Southwestern Railroad

    El Paso and Southwestern Railroad

    In 1881 the Phelps Dodge Coporation decided to build a Railroad servicing all the copper mines throughout Southeastern Arizona. They named the Railroad  The Arizona and Southeastern. Some years down the line, the Railroad was extended from Bisbee AZ to Douglas AZ. The line was extended to haul copper to the smelter in Douglas. In…