Railroad
NAFTA also established the CANAMEX corridor for rail usage. The Union Pacific Railroad owns and operates rail lines loosely following the highway corridor between Las Vegas, Nevada and Canada, acquired from the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and the Oregon Short Line. The Union Pacific also owns a rail line between Phoenix, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. However, there is no existing railroad line directly connecting Las Vegas and Phoenix. Rail traffic from these cities currently uses the Arizona and California Railway and/or BNSF Railway via Barstow, California for a connection.
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