Pull Over Info
Out your window, watch as the terrain changes from high desert to prairie, prairie to pine. It's a view that's ever-changing until you come across a view that changes so dramatically, it could very well change you. Welcome to the Grand Canyon. |
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Hotel Info
Grand Canyon Hotel. |
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Grand Canyon Railway departs daily from Williams, Arizona and travels almost due north to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The trip measures 65 miles and takes 2 hours and 15 minutes each way, 45 minutes faster than in 1901 when the train made its first trip.
Grand Canyon Country is located in northern Arizona on what's called the Colorado Plateau. Most of the plateau is set at 5,000 feet elevation. However, the plateau includes Williams and the Grand Canyon, both at about 7,000 feet elevation, and the San Francisco Peaks, the highest point in Arizona at over 12,600 feet elevation. What this means is out your window you'll pass through different landscapes, from Ponderosa pine forests down to the open and dry high desert, and then the train rises back into the forest as it gets close to the canyon. There is a 1,500 foot vertical drop along the way. This can be very challenging to engineers. In fact, for years, the Santa Fe brought out engineers-in-training to teach them how to operate steam locomotives on the Grand Canyon line. |
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