Arizona and Swansea Railroad
The Arizona and Swansea Railroad was a mining railroad that operated from a connection with the Arizona and California Railway at Bouse to a copper and gold mine at Swansea, Arizona,. The A&S RR was owned and operated by the Swansea Consolidated Gold & Copper Company.
History
The A&S RR was constructed in 1909 to build to the Clara Consolidated Mining Company at Swansea. Track construction commenced in November 1909 and the line was completed by December 31, 1909. In 1937 the A&S RR was abandoned.Motive Power
- Engine #1 was purchased used from the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and was a 2-8-0 locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1876.
- Engine #3 was a 2-8-0 locomotive that was purchased new in 1910 from the Schenectady Locomotive Works.
Route
- 0.0 Bouse - later the Santa Fe Railway
- 11.0 Midway, a watering stop marking the midpoint of the route, located at. Today, a Bureau of Land Management plaque marks the site.
- 16.0 Summit
- 18.5 Clara
- 21.1 Swansea