TH-352 - Railroads

File Contents:

Excerpts from David F. Myrick, Railroads of Arizona, vol. II.

Excerpt from John W. Sayre, The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway, The Scenic Line of Arizona (1990).

Joseph Weidel, "The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Company, Other Lines South of Ash Fork and the Grand Canyon Railway Company No. 1," Splinters vol. 5 (1940).

"Ninth Annual Report of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Company, 1903.

Excerpt from "Santa Fe Official List of Officers, Stations & Agents," 1905.

Excerpt from "Santa Fe Official List of Officers, Stations & Agents," 1906.

Excerpt from "Santa Fe Official List of Officers, Stations & Agents," 1907.

Excerpt from "Santa Fe Official List of Officers, Stations & Agents," 1909.

"Southern Pacific System Resource Guide," Southern Pacific Railway Co., c1990.

Essay on history of railroads in Tempe, by Irene Bishop, 2 pp.

"Iron Horse Cometh . . . " copied from "Ferry Tales," Tempe Centennial Souvenir Program, 1971.

"Awful Accident; M. & P. Engine And Cars Crash Through Tempe Bridge," TN, 31 Oct 1902.

Articles re: M & P engine which fell through the bridge and construction of P & E road, TN, 14 Nov 1902.

"Tempe Will Have Inter Urban Railroad," TN, 12 Jan 1912.

"Passenger Railroad Plan Includes Tempe Stop," TDN, 14 Feb 1981.

"Tempe's History Tied By Ribbon Of Iron Rail," TDN, 5 Jul 1982.

"Lost Romance; Railroading Comes -- And Goes -- In Less Than A Century," TDN 1 Aug 1982.

Related Materials in THM Research Library:

HPS-185 -Tempe Depot

HPS-228 - Southern Pacific RR Bridge

TH-321.01 "Law Enforcement South of the Salt, 1871-1968," by E. Worth Farley, published as a series in Tempo magazine, TDN, 1975.
  • See 18 Jul 1975, re: hobos riding on the train, and Tempe Depot holdup in 1936.
    See 22 Aug 1975, re: Tempe Depot holdup in 1931.

Photographs in THM Archives:
  • 1987.1.449 (2B2-A34B) Train crossing RR bridge, c1900
  • 1987.1.2805 (2B2-A34C) Tempe Depot, c1905
  • 1987.1.552 (2B2-A34D) Tempe Depot, c1900
  • 1987.1.2806 (2B2-A35A) Tempe Depot, c1900
  • 1987.1.2807 (2B2-A35B) Tempe Depot, c1925
  • 1987.1.881 (2B2-A35C) Tempe Depot, c1900
  • 1987.1.2807 (2B2-A35D) Tempe Depot, c1925

Photographs at ASU Hayden Library, Arizona Collection:

CM MSM 146
Salt River Project (A162.2)
Arizona Eastern Railroad bridge, in HAER AZ-18, by Barbara Behan, w/ photos

CP SPC 44:75
Southern Pacific Railroad (A177)
incl. Ash Street Bridge at Tempe, 1916

CP SPC 91
Stroud (A179)
First locomotive arriving in Tempe, c1926

Related Materials at Arizona State Archives:

Department of Transportation (RG 53)
2. Public Transit Division emergency rail service, 1980-1984

Board of Equalization (RG 41)
5. Incl. railroad annual reports for valuation, 1884-1930