Verde Canyon Railroad (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Verde Canyon Railroad is a heritage railroad near Clarkdale, Arizona, southwest of Sedona, Arizona. Opened in 1912 as the Verde Valley Railway, it was built to support the copper mines at Jerome, Arizona. The Santa Fe Railway operated and owned the 38-mile (61 km) branch line from 1912 to 1989, providing coal to the Phoenix Cement Company, and shipping copper and cement outbound. New owner, David L. Durbano, took over with the Arizona Central Railroad/Verde Canyon Railroad by 1989/1990. Passenger service resumed in November 1990.