The San Manuel Arizona Railroad (reporting mark SMA) was an Arizona short-line railroad that operated from a connection with the Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) at Hayden 29.4 miles (47.3 km) to San M... (more)
A San Manuel Arizona Railroad job was working hard pulling the hill out of the valley at Hayden after interchanging traffic with Copper Basin Railroad.
After two days of railfanning the Copper Basin we headed down to San Manuel on good authority that the SMARRCO would be running a train up to the interchange. ... (more)
We were fortunate to catch the San Manual Arizona operating between San Manual and the interchange with the Copper Basin at Hayden. On this day the SMA had 8 loads for CBR and returned with about ... (more)