Grand Canyon Railway

Grand Canyon Railway
June july 2011 023x May 14 2011 RP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
Frakttåg, 2011
Allmänt
PlatsCoconino County, Arizona, USA
SträckaWilliamsGrand Canyon Village Xanterra Parks and Resorts
Anslutande linjerAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Organisation
Invigd1901
ÄgareXanterra Parks and Resorts
Tekniska fakta
Längd103 kilometer
Antal spårEnkelspår
Spårvidd1435 millimeter (normalspår)
ElektrifieradNej
Grand Canyon Railway (interaktiv karta)

Grand Canyon Railway är en veteranjärnväg med trafik mellan Williams och Grand Canyon Village i Grand Canyon National Park i Arizona i USA.

Den 103 kilometer långa järnvägen anlades av Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway och blev klar 1901. Den ledde till uppkomsten av turism i Grand Canyon, och järnvägsbolaget tog initiativ att anlägga staden Grand Canyon Village för denna turism. Efter bilismens genombrott lades persontrafiken på järnvägen ned 1968, varefter också frakttrafiken lades ned 1974.

Järnvägen köptes av paret Max och Thelma Biegert 1988, varefter efter renovering passagerartrafiken återupptogs 1989. År 2006 övertogs bolaget av Xanterra Parks & Resorts i Denver, Colorado,

Järnvägen är numera k-märkt.

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Grand Canyon Railway EMD F40PH - 01.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: SSRR2030, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive of the Grand Canyon Railway in Grand Canyon Village.
June july 2011 023x May 14 2011 RP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California, Licens: CC BY 2.0
May 14, 2011, photo freight on the Grand Canyon Railway---there was an SP sub tacked on the rear for riders which was removed during some of the photo runs. At least this photo run did not have any equine glue factories used as props and a bunch of little boys dressed up as cowboys for atmosphere. Photo approx MP35
First run of Grand Canyon Railway.jpg
Group photo of passengers who rode on the first run of the Grand Canyon Railway, Arizona, USA.
Grand Canyon Oct 1 2005 29 and 4960 - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California, Licens: CC BY 2.0
October 1st, 2005, 4960 and 29 had doulble headed on a photo excursion to the Grand Canyon. Posed at the GC depot prior to the night run back to Williams.
Grand Canyon Railway.png
Författare/Upphovsman: Jkan997, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Grand Canyon Railway

Legend:

  • ━━━Railway line
Grandcanyon railroad.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Spbear, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
グランド・キャニオン鉄道 ─現在でも再生植物油で走り続けている、蒸気機関車No.4960
Steam engine of the Grand Canyon Railroad, which runs from Williams, a small town near Flagstaff, up to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona LCCN2011633795.tif
Title: Steam engine of the Grand Canyon Railroad, which runs from Williams, a small town near Flagstaff, up to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.

Notes: Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.