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Del Potter’s Mule-Powered Railroad

by | Mar 27, 2018 | True West Blog

Del Potter's Mule-Powered Railroad
Over in eastern Arizona near the border with New Mexico, Del Potter ran a little railroad he proudly named the Clifton and Northern.  The line only ran from the little town of Clifton to a mine north or town but the name seemed to fit. The C & N RR had only one engine and it was pulled by a mule, but Del considered himself a full-fledged president of a railroad with rights to all


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