Upper Corta Siding to Bisbee - Southern Pacific

 

 

The end of the line N of Corta.  Bisbee, both old and new, and an extensive lead and zinc mining area lie ahead.  This ROW should last for a long time in the desert. Photo courtesy of Dean Carroll.

 

 

 

 

 

This line was originally built by the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, and then became part of the SP.  It served extensive mining operations around Bisbee owned by the Phelps-Dodge Corporation.  This area was also served by the Arizona & South Eastern, which became a part of the EP&S and the SP.  The most recent abandonments in this area was apparently in the mid 1980s.