San Diego and Arizona Railway/Definition

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A definition or brief description of San Diego and Arizona Railway.

A short line, standard gauge American railroad founded by "sugar heir," developer, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1919, dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved.