Fluidr / Moffat Road's "New Mexico" set

Curving through Abo

N 41 B 6.7K C 14 E Sep 16, 1992 F Mar 23, 2012

G United States > New Mexico > Valencia > Sais >

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Santa Fe GP60s (in two flavors) head a westbound freight through Abo Canyon, New Mexico, on September 16, 1992. I remember many times I’d be disappointed because I didn’t get an all-Super Fleet consist . . . how times change.

Tags: AT&SF Santa Fe Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Abo Canyon Sais GP60 GP60M warbonnet intermodal New Mexico train railroad NM Abo bridge Super Fleet

Soaring over Abo Arroyo

N 22 B 3.4K C 8 E Jun 2, 1995 F Mar 2, 2012

G United States > New Mexico > Valencia > Sais >

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Curving over Abo Arroyo, A Santa Fe eastbound crosses the Bridge 873.8 east of Sais, New Mexico, on June 2, 1995. A SD45 leads the train over the curved 402-foot structure.

Tags: AT&SF Santa Fe Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe SD45 Abo Canyon Abo Arroyo bridge Sais New Mexico train railroad NM freight

Leaving Wagon Mound

N 84 B 9.0K C 21 E Jan 28, 2000 F Feb 29, 2012

G United States > New Mexico > Mora > Wagon Mound >

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It's well after sunset and snow is beginning to fall on the evening of January 28, 2000. Amtrak No. 4, the Southwest Chief, leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico in a dark cloud of snow. The mesa visible behind the train is Wagon Mound, because it looks like, . . . well, a horse-drawn covered wagon from a distance.

Tags: Amtrak Southwest Chief dusk snow night Wagon Mound New Mexico passenger train train railroad signals semaphores NM falling snow

Warbonnet headdress

N 35 B 10.2K C 4 E Sep 18, 1992 F Feb 28, 2012

G United States > New Mexico > Colfax > Raton >

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Built in May, 1992, the four month old nose of Santa Fe C40-8W No. 834 at Raton, New Mexico is still pretty spotless and only has a few bug splats on September 18, 1992. BNSF Pinkbonnett to come later…

Tags: AT&SF Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Santa Fe warbonnet Superfleet Raton New Mexico C40-8W new locomotive train railroad NM

Three for a nocturnal desert crossing

N 33 B 4.6K C 10 E May 22, 1991 F Feb 25, 2012

G United States > New Mexico > Valencia > Belen >

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Three westbound Santa Fe trains pause at the service tracks at Belen, New Mexico, on the evening of May 22, 1991. Soon, all three trains will race into the night, for a nocturnal crossing of the desert southwest. Santa Fe No. 9511 is a recently rebuilt (by the Santa Fe) U36C, and is now labeled a SF30C.

Tags: AT&SF Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Santa Fe fuel tracks fuel pad service tracks Belen New Mexico locomotive line up night evening desert southwest GE SF30C B40-8W NM railroad train warbonnet Superfleet