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EL PASO & SOUTHWESTERN ROUNDHOUSE (PRIVATE)
600 W. 25TH ST.
TUCSON, ARIZONA 85713 -USA
Location: I-10 EXIT 259,SOUTHBOUND IS 22ND ST, RIGHT ON OSBORNE; OR NORTHBOUND ITS 29TH ST, STAY ON I-10 FEEDER; GO TO 25TH ST
Description:
- RAILROAD SHOPS/FACILITIES
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Comments/Directions:
11 stalls remain of the original 20 used by the El Paso & Southwestern railroad. The El Paso Southwestern Railroad reached Tucson in 1912 from Benson, AZ and copper mines near Bisbee, AZ. Their roundhouse was constructed that year and their depot was completed the following year. The roundhouse would have been used until the 1924 merger with SP rr. It is privately owned; the sign on the building says "Open to the Public." The city recently developed a Master Plan that includes possible acquisition for a park facility. It is a non-descript crescent-shaped building - beige-colored, stucco-over-brick, and it sits on a chain-link fenced-in property. It is a couple miles south of the EPSW depot on W. Congress Ave. (Read all about the EPSW in Arizona Attraction No. 58 - Tucson EPSW Depot) Nice views can be seen at the listed address on Google Maps - Street View. Photos of the roundhouse and depot show what is to be seen (not much) are on link: [http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1851363 ]
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Added 03/22/2006
Updated 02/28/2014
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