This is the UP Gila Sub that was once the ex-Southern Pacific Sunset Route that runs 255 miles from Yuma, AZ, to Tuscon, AZ. In the Shawmut area, the railroad works thru the Sonoran Desert and... (more)
The UP Gila Sub is the ex-Southern Pacific Sunset Route that runs 255 miles from Yuma, AZ, to Tuscon, AZ. In the Shawmut area, the railroad works thru the Sonoran Desert and around the Maricopa... (more)
The railroad relocated this section of track around Shawmut in 1959 to reduce some of the curves from the original railroad that was constructed in 1879 by the SP of Arizona. The railroad drops do... (more)
The UP Gila Sub is the ex-Southern Pacific Sunset Route that runs 255 miles from Yuma, AZ, to Tuscon, AZ. When I found out of a possible signal replacements coming this summer, I made plans to go ... (more)
