Arizona State Railroad Museum

The Arizona State Railroad Museum Foundation (ASRM) is a non-profit organization that primarily preserves historic railroad equipment that was once used throughout the state of Arizona. It was founded in 2009, and it is located in Williams, Arizona alongside the Grand Canyon Railway. Their goal is to construct a 21-acre museum to attract a world-wide audience with a collection of locomotives, rolling stock, and other historic artifacts.

Arizona State Railroad Museum
Arizona State Railroad Museum Shay No 5 steam locomotive on display in Williams, Arizona
Overview
HeadquartersWilliams, Arizona
Reporting markASRM
LocaleCoconino County, Arizona
Dates of operation2009 (2009)–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
3 ft (914 mm)
Other
Websiteazstaterrmuseum.org

About the museum

The Arizona State Railroad Museum was founded in 2009 by a group of people with the intention of establishing heritage for the city of Williams' economy. The foundation's chairman and CEO is Albert J Richmond, and their director and secretary is Donald Dent. The foundation's goal is to construct a twenty-one acre museum ground adjacent to the Grand Canyon Railway's trackage near Interstate Highway 40. The museum is planned to display multiple locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and other railroad artifacts that represent railroad history in the state of Arizona.

Equipment
Number Builder Date Type Former railroad Status Notes
5 Lima May 1923 Steam Shay Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Static display Never operated in Arizona, but was acquired by the ASRM to represent the shays used by various logging and short line railroads in Northern Arizona, such as the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company. It is dsplayed by the Grand Canyon Hotel since 2014.[1]
6 H.K. Porter, Inc. 1923 Steam narrow gauge 0-4-0 Fireless locomotive Apache Powder Company Operational As an operational locomotive that only runs on compressed air, No. 6 will be able to run on the property for short-distance train rides, once it arrives in Williams.[2]
1317 EMD May 1949 Diesel NW2 Southern Pacific, Ideal Cement Co. Stored It was purchased by the ASRM on March 9, 2018.[3]
1528 Alco July 1952 Diesel S4 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Stored It was once painted in American Freedom Train colors.[4] It was stored in Illinois for several years before the ASRM purchased it in 2017.[5]
3 Alco March 1955 Diesel RS3 Magma Arizona Railroad Stored It was stored in Texas and Oklahoma for several years before the ASRM purchased it.[6]
6001 GE December 1972 Electric E60 Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad Stored As the second to first E60 ever built for the BM&LP, No. 6001 was purchased by the ASRM shortly after being retired in 2010.[7]
50 (Formerly 9501) GE March 1973 Diesel SF30C Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

Minnesota Commercial Railway

 Stored Originally built as a U36C, No. 50 is the final remaining SF30C in the United States. It is currently awaiting to be moved from Minnesota to Arizona.

See also

References
  1. "Arizona State Railroad Museum collection expands with 1970s era replica". Williams News. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. "Apache Powder joins museum fleet". Williams News. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. "Locomotive arrives for Arizona State Railroad Museum". Williams News. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. "CGCX 1528". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. "Railroad Museum continues collection for future opening". Williams News. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. "Magma-3 RS-3". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  7. "Arizona museum gets electric locomotive delivery by truck | Trains Magazine". TrainsMag.com. September 3, 2010. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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