The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arizona.
Name | Mark | System[1] | From | To | Successor | Notes | Arizona and California Railway | ATSF | 1903 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
Arizona and Colorado Railroad | SP | 1902 | 1910 | Arizona Eastern Railroad |
Arizona Eastern Railroad | AE | 1904 | 1955 | Southern Pacific Company |
Arizona Extension Railroad | 1917 | | N/A |
Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad | 1883 | 1888 | Central Arizona Railway |
Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad | 1882 | 1887 | Tucson, Globe and Northern Railroad |
Arizona and New Mexico Railway | SP | 1883 | 1935 | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad |
Arizona and South Eastern Railroad | SP | 1888 | 1902 | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad |
Arizona Southern Railroad | AZS | 1904 | 1933 | N/A |
Arizona and Swansea Railroad | 1909 | 1931 | N/A |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1902 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | ATSF | 1866 | 1897 | Santa Fe Pacific Railroad |
Arizona and Utah Railway | ATSF | 1899 | 1905 | Western Arizona Railway |
Bradshaw Mountain Railroad | ATSF | 1901 | 1912 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1911 | 1963 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Central Arizona Railway | 1889 | 1937 | N/A |
Clifton and Southern Pacific Railway | SP | 1883 | 1883 | Arizona and New Mexico Railway |
Dragoon Mountain and Northern Railroad | SP | 1906 | 1907 | Johnson, Dragoon Mountain and Northern Railway |
El Paso and Southwestern Company | SP | 1908 | 1912 | N/A | Leased the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad |
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad | SP | 1901 | 1955 | Southern Pacific Company |
Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway | SP | 1894 | 1910 | Arizona Eastern Railroad |
Grand Canyon Railway | ATSF | 1901 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Johnson, Dragoon Mountain and Northern Railway | SP | 1907 | 1908 | Johnson–Dragoon and Northern Railway |
Johnson–Dragoon and Northern Railway | SP | 1908 | 1911 | Southern Pacific Company |
Magma Arizona Railroad | MAA | 1914 | 1997 | N/A |
Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad | SP | 1907 | 1910 | Arizona Eastern Railroad |
Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad | SP | 1885 | 1895 | Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad |
Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad | SP | 1895 | 1907 | Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad |
Mascot and Western Railroad | MASW | 1914 | 1932 | N/A |
Mexico and Colorado Railroad | SP | 1908 | 1910 | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad |
Mohave and Milltown Railway | 1903 | 1904 | N/A |
Morenci Southern Railway | SP | 1899 | 1922 | Morenci Industrial Railway |
New Mexico and Arizona Railroad | SP | 1882 | 1934 | Southern Pacific Railroad |
Phoenix and Buckeye Railway | SP | 1909 | 1910 | Arizona Eastern Railroad |
Phoenix and Eastern Railroad | SP | 1901 | 1934 | Southern Pacific Company |
Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa Railway | SP | 1894 | 1895 | Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad |
Prescott and Arizona Central Railway | 1885 | 1893 | N/A |
Prescott and Eastern Railroad | ATSF | 1897 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
Ray and Gila Valley Railroad | R&GV | 1910 | 1943 | Copper Basin Railway |
Saginaw Southern Railroad | 1898 | 1903 | N/A |
San Manuel Arizona Railroad | SMA | 1953 | 2003 | N/A |
San Pedro and Southwestern Railway | SWKR | 1992 | 2003 | San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad |
Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad | ATSF | 1897 | 1901 | Grand Canyon Railway |
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad | ATSF | 1897 | 1902 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway | ATSF | 1891 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
Shannon–Arizona Railway | 1909 | 1919 | Morenci Industrial Railway |
Southern Pacific Railroad | SP | 1878 | 1955 | Southern Pacific Company |
Southern Pacific Company | SP | SP | 1885 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | SP | 1969 | 1998 | Union Pacific Railroad |
Southwestern Railroad of Arizona | SP | 1900 | 1901 | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad |
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad | TC&G, TCG | 1915 | 1985 | N/A |
Tucson, Globe and Northern Railroad | 1887 | N/A | Never opened |
Tucson and Nogales Railroad | SP | 1909 | 1934 | Southern Pacific Railroad |
Twin Buttes Railroad | 1904 | 1929 | N/A |
United Verde & Pacific Railway | 1894 | 1920 | N/A |
Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad | 1912 | 1953 | N/A |
Verde Valley Railway | ATSF | 1911 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Western Arizona Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1931 | N/A |
Yuma Valley Railroad | SP | 1914 | |
1. ^This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.