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The Santa Fe & Grand Canyon Railroad (SF&GC) was an ArizonaFacts About List of Arizona railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arizona. ...
 56-mile railroad that ran from Williams, ArizonaWilliams, Arizona

Williams is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States....
 to take mining supplies and people to the copper mines near Anita. In 1901, the SF&GC was sold at foreclosureForeclosure

Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a parcel of real property...
 and became the Grand Canyon RailwayGrand Canyon Railway

The Grand Canyon Railway , is a passenger railroad and heritage railway which operates between Williams, Arizona and the Sou...
, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the Uni...
 . Today the line is a heritage railwayHeritage railway Overview

A heritage railway or a preserved railway is a term used, especially in Great Britain, for a railway which is run as a...
 owned by the Grand Canyon Railway (not related to the earlier railway) providing excursions to the Grand Canyon.

History

The SF&GC was incorporatedIncorporation (business)

Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation....
 on July 31 1897. On June 1 1899, grading commenced and by October 1899 rails were being laid. By June 1900 the railroad was operating over a 56-mile line between Williams and Anita. Although the railway was named after the Grand Canyon, it never reached the canyon, stopping about 15 miles south of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at the mining town of Anita. The railway quickly fell into financial problems and on September 5 1900 was placed in receivership. In July 1901 the SF&GC was sold under foreclosureForeclosure

Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a parcel of real property...
 to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

The ATSF quickly began construction of the fifteen remaining miles of track to extend the line to the Grand Canyon. The line to the Grand Canyon was completed on September 16 1901, and was renamed the Grand Canyon Railway.