SCOTTSDALE MODEL RR & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Town by town, starting in the east, we find the rural, farming town of Safford. There we see typical farm related industries in an arid valley landscape. The lines from Globe and El Paso arrive here from staging. From Safford the line travels through the Gila River canyon with steep cliffs above and below. From time to time the river is depicted far below. At the outlet of the canyon we enter Hayden where the smelter dominates the scene. Many spurs feed the various functions of the smelter. The next town is Magma Jct., which has a small mine and a mining supply warehouse. The lines to Superior and Tucson branch off here. We arrive in Mesa, again with many agricultural support businesses... The railroad was built to represent the ATSF in Arizona during the steam to diesel transition period and operates under Timetable and Train Order rules out of the ATSF 1955 Rule Book. We operate equipment prototypical of that era 1955 plus or minus ten years... The Scottsdale Model Railroad..