Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad

Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad was a 56-mile railroad that ran from Williams, Arizona to take mining supplies and people to the copper mines near Anita. In 1901, the SF&GC was sold at foreclosure and became the Grand Canyon Railway, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Today the line is a heritage railway owned by the Grand Canyon Railway providing excursions to the Grand Canyon. The SF&GC was incorporated on July 31, 1897. On June 1, 1899, grading commenced and by October 1899 rails were being laid. By June 1900 the railroad was operating over a 56-mile line between Williams and Anita.