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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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1680:AT&SF
618:Lordsburg
594:Carrizozo
582:Tucumcari
473:in 1992.
260:Expansion
175:chemistry
82:Technical
72:Successor
2871:Timeline
2858:Y&MV
2838:W&LE
2833:WJ&S
2828:VS&P
2803:T&OC
2793:T&FS
2788:T&BV
2758:S&IE
2748:SD&A
2733:PS&N
2728:P&SF
2688:PB&W
2673:OR&L
2613:M&NA
2603:MD&V
2588:LE&W
2553:H&TC
2543:G&SI
2538:GR&I
2533:GM&N
2513:FS&W
2508:FJ&G
2503:F&CC
2498:E&TH
2488:D&SL
2478:DM&N
2468:D&IR
2403:CL&N
2398:CI&W
2393:CI&S
2378:CH&D
2353:CA&C
2333:BR&P
2318:BC&A
2313:BA&P
2293:AB&C
2288:AB&A
2276:pre-1956
2237:TP&W
2227:T&NO
2202:SP&S
2127:QA&P
2117:RF&P
2107:P&WV
2087:P&LE
2002:MN&S
1962:LS&I
1957:L&NE
1937:L&HR
1927:KO&G
1902:GS&F
1892:GM&O
1882:GB&W
1872:FW&D
1852:EJ&E
1847:DW&P
1837:DT&I
1817:DL&W
1807:C&WC
1757:C&NW
1742:C&IM
1727:C&EI
1722:CB&Q
1697:B&AR
1692:A&WP
1675:AT&N
1660:AC&Y
1442:Archived
1207:80018347
1189:The 48th
977:Jensen,
912:Truett,
729:See also
696:Interior
684:Exterior
629:National
598:Tularosa
443:striking
418:striking
364:No. 3420
166:Founding
107: in
59:, Mexico
36:Overview
2900:italics
2813:U&D
2798:T&N
2723:P&S
2708:P&E
2618:M&O
2608:M&I
2473:D&M
2383:C&I
2373:C&G
2368:C&E
2358:C&C
2348:C&A
2338:B&S
2323:B&G
2303:A&D
2232:T&P
2137:S&A
2132:RI/CRIP
2092:P&N
2057:N&W
1952:L&N
1947:L&M
1932:L&A
1887:G&F
1802:C&W
1782:C&S
1762:C&O
1712:B&O
1702:B&M
1491:Current
1098:1806416
374:in 1967
372:El Paso
193:in the
102:⁄
45:Arizona
2177:SLSFTX
1636:Former
1603:Mexico
1566:Canada
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614:Deming
590:Vaughn
453:Demise
439:deport
281:. The
275:Sonora
57:Sonora
41:Locale
2783:SSWTX
2778:SOUMS
1006:1959.
993:1982.
947:1996.
916:2006.
903:2006.
890:2005.
799:Notes
719:2-8-0
661:Texas
572:) to
518:near
494:near
482:Route
209:, in
53:Texas
2823:VAND
2818:UTAH
2718:PRDG
2683:OWRN
2663:OCAA
2638:NCRY
2563:ICRY
2458:CVRR
2438:CPVT
2428:CNOR
2423:CNNE
2388:CINN
2172:SLSF
2167:SIRT
2102:PRSL
2072:NYCN
1862:ERIE
1767:CPME
1670:ASAB
1616:KCSM
1611:CPKC
1579:CPKC
1529:CPKC
1514:BNSF
1508:AMTK
1405:ISBN
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1304:ISBN
1296:ISBN
1282:ISBN
1265:ISBN
1247:OCLC
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1203:OCLC
1193:ISBN
1170:2015
1094:OCLC
1072:2020
1039:ISBN
616:and
608:and
600:and
181:and
132:, a
124:The
2848:WSN
2843:WPT
2698:PCO
2678:OSL
2628:MTR
2623:MSC
2568:IGN
2453:CRP
2418:CNE
2328:BRI
2252:WAB
2242:VGN
2217:TFM
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2147:SBD
2142:SAL
2122:RUT
2112:RDG
2097:PRR
2067:NYC
2062:NWP
2007:MON
1997:MKT
1992:MIS
1977:MGA
1972:MEC
1922:ITC
1917:ICG
1907:GTW
1867:FEC
1777:CRR
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1737:CGW
1686:AUT
1665:AGS
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604:to
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1982:MI
1967:LV
1942:LI
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1857:EL
1812:DH
1797:CV
1787:CS
1772:CR
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