San Manuel Arizona

Company History: SMARRCO was built by Magma Copper Company in 1955 to connect their mine and concentrator at San Manuel to a connection with what is today the Copper Basin Railroad at Hayden, Arizona, 29 miles away. Operations began with a quartet of RS-3’s (with the more common long-hood-forward arrangement) which were later joined by GP38-2’s. Magma was acquired by BHP Billiton in 1996 and three years later SMARRCO closed. BHP sold the operation to Capstone Mining in 2012 and the railroad has since been re-opened.

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