All Aboard! Jewish Pioneers Built Railroads Jewish pioneers were responsible for the first railroad in Arizona. This image shows the narrow guage train that ran on the thirteen miles of track between Clifton, Arizona, and Metcalf, Arizona. [39K] AHS #2295 Mazzanovich Collection, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Library, Tucson. Persons in this photograph are unidentified [30K] AHS #51515 Solomonville Railroad Station, 1897