United Verde & Pacific Railway

United Verde & Pacific Railway
Overview
HeadquartersJerome
LocaleYavapai County, Arizona, United States
Dates of operation18951920
Predecessornone
Technical
Track gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Length26.3 mi (42.3 km)
Route map

0.0
Jerome Junction
0.5
East Siding
2.0
Two-Mile Spur
5
Clune Siding
9
Davis Siding
12
Russell Siding
16
Bodkin Siding
16.5
Deer Trail Spur
19
Horseshoe Siding
20
Horseshoe Curve
22.7
First View
24
Clement Section House
Smith Spur
24.8
Jerome wye
26.3
Jerome smelter complex

The United Verde and Pacific Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated from 1895 to 1920 in what became Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. William A. Clark built the 26-mile (42 km) line to link his copper mine and smelter in Jerome to an existing branch of the Santa Fe Railway system. Clark eventually replaced the line with three 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge rail lines after building a new smelter and company town in Clarkdale.