Yuma Valley Railway

Yuma Valley Railway (YVRY) is one of Arizona's heritage railroads that were once a passenger train that ran along the levee of the Colorado River between Gadsden and Yuma, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation embargoed the line in 2005 and it stopped running. There are now three passenger cars and a locomotive parked to Yuma Quartermaster Depot's south and across from the canal.

The United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation originally owned the YVRY included in the flood control and irrigation project for the Colorado River levee. Yuma Valley Railroad began operating in 1914 until the 1980's; the original railroad went twenty-five miles to the Mexican border's San Luis from the city of Yuma. The nine miles that ran from Gadsden into San Luis were abandoned after it was leased to Southern Pacific Railroad during 1947.

Today passengers can ride the Yuma Valley Railway for two hours along the same route originally taken. There is a narrated tour of the West Wetlands Park and a trip through local agricultural areas. Trains leave the depot located at 100 North Second Avenue at 1pm on Sundays. Those wishing to obtain additional information should contact the Yuma Valley Railway directly.