Rail Freight Carriers in

Arizona

San Pedro Valley Railroad freight train near St David
headed by EMD GP30u 2408 and EMD GP38 2409,
Bo-Bo diesel electric locomotives of 2250hp and 2000hp respectively.

Long Haul Railways

BNSF, Union Pacific

International Railway

• Union Pacific crosses the Mexican border at Nogales, where it interchanges with Ferromex

Regional & Local Railways

• Apache Railway Holbrook (interchange with BNSF) to Snowflake; about 36 miles (58 km)
• Arizona & California Railroad Matthie (interchange with BNSF, with trackage rights over BNSF from Phoenix, where there is interchange with Union Pacific) to Cadiz CA (interchange with BNSF); total length of line about 205 miles (330 km)
• Arizona Eastern Railway two lines:
  • Bowie (interchange with Union Pacific and trackage rights over Union Pacific to Lordsburg NM) via Safford (branch to Safford Mine) to Miami; about 147 miles (236 km)
  • Lordsburg NM (interchange with Union Pacific and trackage rights over Union Pacific to Bowie) via Thomson to Clifton (interchange with Freeport-McMoRan); about 68 miles (109 km)
• Arizona Public Service switching services at the Cholla Power Plant, interchanging with BNSF near Joseph City (Website contains no details relating to railway)
• Copper Basin Railway Magma (interchange with Union Pacific) via Ray Junction (branch to Ray), Hayden Junction (branch to Hayden Smelter) and Hayden to Winkelman; a total of about 61 miles (98 km)
• Freeport-McMoRan has a private rail system serving its Morenci Mine, interchanging with Arizona Eastern at Clifton (Website contains no details relating to railway)
• Kingman Terminal Railroad switching railroad in Kingman Airport & Industrial Park, interchanging with BNSF. Total length of line about 3 miles (5 km)
• Mingus Mountain Railroad Drake (interchange with BNSF, and switching services at the Drake Cement plant) to Clarkdale; about 39 miles (63 km) (No website located at present)
• Port of Tucson switching services in the Port, interchanging with Union Pacific.
• Rose Acre Farms switching services at the Lone Cactus Egg Farm near Utting, interchanging with Arizona & California (Website contains no details relating to railway)
• San Pedro Valley Railroad Benson (interchange with Union Pacific) to Curtiss; about 7 miles (11 km); also switching services at Willcox, interchanging with Union Pacific.

Military Railways

Websites do not in general contain details of railway facilities

• Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs serving Camp Navajo from Bellemont (junction with BNSF)