This is the first in a two-part series on railroading and its effect on mining in Arizona. Railroad transportation proved indispensable to the development of the mining industry in Arizona, connecting ...

The impetus for the Magma Arizona Railroad originated from the necessity in providing ore transport for the mines around Superior beginning in 1875 with the discovery of a rich silver lode by Charles ...

Freight train derailments are down in Arizona and across the country. Arizona experienced 14 fewer train derailments and collisions in 2007, compared with 2006. The 39 percent decline in accidents in ...

During their heyday, railroads transported people, mining materials, commercial goods and military supplies. An annual event at the Arizona Railway Museum gives a glimpse into the past with ...

A bridge in Tempe, Arizona, caught fire and partially collapsed after a train derailed above Tempe Town Lake. The train derailment took place around 6:15 a.m. local time, prompting a massive response ...

Regulator Tom Forese says railroads intimidate Arizona community leaders He said various city officials have complained to him that they can't add new crossings He wants to investigate higher ...

The thought of a 10,000-ton train going through northern Arizona with no conductor aboard has some railroad workers worried about what autonomous trains might mean for safety of pedestrians and those ...

Two railroad executives heading the Arizona Railroad Group are opening a Scottsdale office as the headquarters for their railroad investment venture. David Parkinson and John Dugan said their group's ...

The nearly century-old Apache Railway survived the Depression and more recently the loss of its main client, but leaders in the small central Arizona town of Snowflake are worried the railroad is ...

The Arizona Corporation Commission has signed off on Union Pacific’s plan to build five new rail crossings along 6 miles of proposed rail line south of Pecos Road near the border of Mesa and Queen ...

A model is developed to estimate the impact of constituency opinion on legislative voting. It measures the effect of constituency opinion while controlling for partisanship, the influence of special ...