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

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