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ticket office, waiting rooms, operator's office and a rotunda that was 30 feet in diameter. The roof was to be made of red tile and four Tuscan columns would be by the main entrance. On Oct. 31, 1912, F.L Hunter, manager of the E.P. & S.W. purchasing department, drove in the last spike to complete the rail line, a ceremony witnessed by many
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Phelps Dodge continued to expand, and purchased other mines surrounding their
Detroit Copper Company mine near Morenci, Arizona. An eventual subsidiary of the El Paso and Southwestern—the Morenci Southern—was incorporated on June 6, 1902, and its roadbed connected the Morenci mines to the
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light consolidation, oil burning, former EP&SW engine, is stored at the Phelps Dodge copper refinery in
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2860:Timeline
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2827:W&LE
2822:WJ&S
2817:VS&P
2792:T&OC
2782:T&FS
2777:T&BV
2747:S&IE
2737:SD&A
2722:PS&N
2717:P&SF
2677:PB&W
2662:OR&L
2602:M&NA
2592:MD&V
2577:LE&W
2542:H&TC
2532:G&SI
2527:GR&I
2522:GM&N
2502:FS&W
2497:FJ&G
2492:F&CC
2487:E&TH
2477:D&SL
2467:DM&N
2457:D&IR
2392:CL&N
2387:CI&W
2382:CI&S
2367:CH&D
2342:CA&C
2322:BR&P
2307:BC&A
2302:BA&P
2282:AB&C
2277:AB&A
2265:pre-1956
2226:TP&W
2216:T&NO
2191:SP&S
2116:QA&P
2106:RF&P
2096:P&WV
2076:P&LE
1991:MN&S
1951:LS&I
1946:L&NE
1926:L&HR
1916:KO&G
1891:GS&F
1881:GM&O
1871:GB&W
1861:FW&D
1841:EJ&E
1836:DW&P
1826:DT&I
1806:DL&W
1796:C&WC
1746:C&NW
1731:C&IM
1716:C&EI
1711:CB&Q
1686:B&AR
1681:A&WP
1664:AT&N
1649:AC&Y
1431:Archived
1196:80018347
1178:The 48th
966:Jensen,
901:Truett,
718:See also
685:Interior
673:Exterior
618:National
587:Tularosa
432:striking
407:striking
353:No. 3420
155:Founding
96: in
48:, Mexico
25:Overview
2889:italics
2802:U&D
2787:T&N
2712:P&S
2697:P&E
2607:M&O
2597:M&I
2462:D&M
2372:C&I
2362:C&G
2357:C&E
2347:C&C
2337:C&A
2327:B&S
2312:B&G
2292:A&D
2221:T&P
2126:S&A
2121:RI/CRIP
2081:P&N
2046:N&W
1941:L&N
1936:L&M
1921:L&A
1876:G&F
1791:C&W
1771:C&S
1751:C&O
1701:B&O
1691:B&M
1480:Current
1087:1806416
363:in 1967
361:El Paso
182:in the
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1592:Mexico
1555:Canada
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442:Demise
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270:. The
264:Sonora
46:Sonora
30:Locale
2772:SSWTX
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995:1959.
982:1982.
936:1996.
905:2006.
892:2006.
879:2005.
788:Notes
708:2-8-0
650:Texas
561:) to
507:near
483:near
471:Route
198:, in
42:Texas
2812:VAND
2807:UTAH
2707:PRDG
2672:OWRN
2652:OCAA
2627:NCRY
2552:ICRY
2447:CVRR
2427:CPVT
2417:CNOR
2412:CNNE
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2161:SLSF
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2091:PRSL
2061:NYCN
1851:ERIE
1756:CPME
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113:The
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2612:MSC
2557:IGN
2442:CRP
2407:CNE
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2136:SBD
2131:SAL
2111:RUT
2101:RDG
2086:PRR
2056:NYC
2051:NWP
1996:MON
1986:MKT
1981:MIS
1966:MGA
1961:MEC
1911:ITC
1906:ICG
1896:GTW
1856:FEC
1766:CRR
1736:CNJ
1726:CGW
1675:AUT
1654:AGS
1644:ACL
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