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GCRX Grand Canyon Railway GVGN Gila Valley Globe and Northern Railway HSR High-Speed Rail HUD Housing and Urban Development HURF Highway User Revenue Fund ICR intercity rail ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KCSM Kansas City Southern de Mexico LPA Locally Preferred Alternative LRT Light Rail Transit LRTP State Long Range Transportation Plan MAA Magma Arizona Railroad MAG Maricopa Association of Governments MP Milepost mph Miles per hour MPOs metropolitan planning organizations NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NEPA National Environmental Policy Act PAG Pima Associations of Governments PDOX Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine Industrial Railroad PFE Pacific Fruit Express POLA/POLB Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach PRIIA Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act PTC Positive Train Control RSIA Rail Safety Improvement Act RTA Regional Transportation Authority SAFETEA-LU Safe Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for Users SMA San Manuel Arizona Railroad SP Southern Pacific SPSR San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad SR State Route SRFS Statewide Rail Framework Study SRP Arizona State Rail Plan STFS Statewide Transportation Framework Study TCG Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company TCIF Trade Corridor Improvement Fund TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century x
TEP Transportation Enhancements Program TEUs Twenty Foot Equivalent Units TIFIA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act TIGER Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery TWC Track Warrant Control UPRR Union Pacific Railroad USDOT United States Department of Transportation USG/YVR Yuma Valley Railway VRE Virginia Railway Express WHSRA Western High Speed Rail Alliance YMPO Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization xi
Page 1 and 2: Arizona State Rail Plan March 2011
Page 3 and 4: Acknowledgements The State Rail Pla
Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introd
Page 7 and 8: 5.1.7 Section 130 Highway-Rail Grad
Page 9 and 10: List of Figures Figure 1 - Carbon D
Page 11: Abbreviations AA Alternatives Analy
Page 15 and 16: High-speed rail: A mode that provid
Page 17 and 18: Chapter 1. Introduction and Overvie
Page 19 and 20: Arizona, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF
Page 21 and 22: Chapter 2. Arizona Rail Vision, Goa
Page 23 and 24: Objectives: • Enhance the safety
Page 25 and 26: Figure 1 - Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Page 27 and 28: The highest percentage of inbound r
Page 29 and 30: Through Rail Freight Through traffi
Page 31 and 32: Table 4 - Summary of Comparable Amt
Page 33 and 34: Lake City (also the cities with the
Page 35 and 36: 2.8 Updates to this Rail Plan This
Page 37 and 38: Chapter 3. Issues and Opportunities
Page 39 and 40: Figure 8 - Integrated Statewide Pas
Page 41 and 42: 3.1.1 Intercity Passenger Rail Syst
Page 43 and 44: The two Amtrak lines serving Arizon
Page 45 and 46: Figure 10 - Freeway with Flexibilit
Page 47 and 48: The Verde Canyon Tourist Railroad b
Page 49 and 50: Figure 11 - Congressionally Designa
Page 51 and 52: Phoenix and Albuquerque, cost $18.2
Page 53 and 54: 3.1.4 Tourist Railroads Opportunity
Page 55 and 56: Background Approximately 130 millio
Page 57 and 58: also increase opportunities for imp
Page 59 and 60: By moving switching activities for
Page 61 and 62: The State’s biggest opportunity i
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throughout the State. Secondary Cla
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BNSF runs only about ten trains a d
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the line. Generally speaking, rail
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Figure 18 - Potential Phoenix-Las V
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the BNSF (near Surprise) and UPRR (
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esponsibility and authority for eva
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for completion of high-priority gra
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Opportunities Investing in wildlife
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Chapter 4. Proposed Rail Projects A
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4.2 Arizona Spine Corridor The Ariz
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from Williams to Phoenix, but servi
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Figure 29 - UPRR Nogales Subdivisio
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and throughout the state. The inten
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Figure 32 - Arizona Spine Corridor
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The BNSF Mobest Yard located near t
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Partner with UPRR to implement oper
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4.3 CANAMEX Corridor The CANAMEX Co
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Traffic on the Nogales Subdivision
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and environmental clearances can ta
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up by the local, taken back to Mobe
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y MAG in its I-10/Hassayampa Valley
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Table 18 - Canamex Corridor Long-Te
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4.4 Route 66 Corridor Route 66 corr
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Figure 40 - BNSF Coronado & Springe
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Figure 43 - Route 66 Corridor of Op
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Traffic levels along the BNSF mainl
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4.4.6 Implementation Several implem
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There are several Short Line railro
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Figure 47 - San Pedro & Southwester
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4.5.3 Passenger Rail Opportunities
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improved efficiency. Additional imp
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Construct and operate a Phoenix to
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Completing a planning process which
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4.6 Recommended Statewide Opportuni
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Chapter 5. Funding of Proposed Rail
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elimination of at-grade crossings b
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new rail services. In March 2008, P
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5.3.3 Sample Arizona Projects Using
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Appendix A. Inventory of Existing C
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Figure A.1 - Existing Arizona Railr
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Passenger Rail The Amtrak Southwest
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Railroad Profiles The Association o
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BNSF operates an intermodal facilit
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Figure A.5 - Union Pacific Sunset R
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was also deactivated in 1997, and a
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Figure A.8 - Apache Railway Arizona
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Yard limits apply to the 135 miles
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etween Paul Spur (east of Naco) and
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APS contracts with BNSF, which oper
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The cement plant is expected to add
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Plant (Figure A.22). In the recent
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Los Angeles. A rail-auto detour fro
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Table A.4 - Existing Intermodal Con
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Table A.5 Continued. Railroad Secti
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Appendix B. Public and Stakeholder
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issues and opportunities relative t
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Lack of funding for highway safety
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inception of implementation of the
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factors that stakeholders cited in
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The need to implement wildlife miti
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Subdivision (Peavine) received mixe
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Attendees: Kevin Wallace, MAG Jack
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Appendix C. Related Rail Planning S
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Appendix D. Summary of Operating Ra
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