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Over the years we've come by a few aerial photos of the Arizona & Pacific Railroad. Since the grass and most plants are dormant January's not the most picturesque time of year but many of the trees lose their leaves allowing better visibility of the Railroad from the air. In January of 2002 a pilot friend gave me a birds-eye view of the A&P RR and an excuse to buy a telephoto lense for my camera. As you can see from this 1/12/2002 photo the rail was basically half a loop through the backyard with a long spur and a switch yard to store the cars. This photo was taken just 1 month after the 12/15/02 inaugural run of the Phoenix.
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Here's an aerial photo taken by the county assessor's office. This one was taken in January of 2006. The track runs through the front yard and the main line completely circles the property. The spur from 2002 has become a long siding and the car barn has been moved. The turntable, 4 additional trestles and watertank are also visible in this photo. You can see the observation platform was undergoing renovation awaiting the pedestrian bridge and fireplace that completed construction during the 2006 season.
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Here's a Google satellite photo from 2006. Comparing it with the earlier 2006 photo above you can see the city's new requirements forced us to move the planned location of the enginehouse. In this photo the retaining wall has been adjusted and some of the dirt was moved to the future site of the enginehouse.
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Here's a photo from Microsoft Virtual Earth in early 2007 showing the footer for the engine house had been started and the transfer table was in place. Unfortunately Microsoft Virtual Earth does not provide images as large as the other satellite photos or the aerial photos I took.
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