California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
The California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway was a non-operating subsidiary (paper railroad) of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). It was incorporated in 1911, and was merged into the ATSF in 1963.[1]
California, Arizona and Santa Fe would ultimately be absorbed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
Route[]
Route in 1930
It owned the ATSF lines between Phoenix–Ash Fork and Phoenix–Mojave. It leased/purchased the tracks built by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Mojave Desert between Needles and Mojave in Southern California.
Other predecessors[]
- Arizona and California Railway
- Barnwell and Searchlight Railway
- Bradshaw Mountain Railroad
- California Eastern Railway
- Oakland and East Side Railroad
- Prescott and Eastern Railroad
- Randsburg Railway
- Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway
See also[]
- History of the Mojave Desert region
- Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
References[]
- ^ "Arizona & California Railroad". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Categories:
- Defunct California railroads
- Defunct Arizona railroads
- Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- History of the Mojave Desert region
- American companies established in 1911
- Railway companies established in 1911
- Railway companies disestablished in 1963
- 1911 establishments in California
- 1963 disestablishments in California
- Mojave, California
- Needles, California
- American companies disestablished in 1963