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Train Stops Here,The by Marci L Riskin New Mexico's Railway Legacy w/ DJ
Train Stops Here,The by Marci L Riskin
New Mexico's Railway Legacy
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
156 pages
Copyright 2005
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments / vii
PART ONERailroading's Heyday / I
Chapter 1 Historic Weight and Romantic Spirit: Why Railroad Buildings Matter / 1
Chapter 2 Track, Steam, Stations, and Laws: The Evolution of the Modern Railroad / 5
Chapter 3 The Railroad Transforms the Territory / 11
PART TWOThe Railroad System / 19
Chapter 4 Divisions, Sections, and the Five-Man Train Crew: Operational Considerations / 19
Chapter 5 Track / 23
Chapter 6 Rolling Stock / 29
Chapter 7 Railroad Depots: A New Building Type / 33
Chapter 8 Unique Aspects of New Mexico's Depots / 37
Chapter 9 Other Railroad Structures / 41
PART THREEPreservation / 47
Chapter 10 Decline of the Railroad / 47
Chapter 11 The Current State of New Mexico's Railroads / 51
Chapter 12 Opportunities for Preservation / 53
PART FOURWhat Remains of New Mexico's Railroad Heritage / 55
Chapter 13 Santa Fe Railway System / 55
Chapter 14 Denver & Rio Grande System / 113
Chapter 15 Colorado & Southern and the Colmor Cutoff / 121
Chapter 16 Southern Pacific System / 123
Chapter 17 Texas-New Mexico Railway: Toot and Never Move / 138
PART FIVEAppendices
1. Remaining Railroad Structures in New Mexico / 139
2. Heritage Tourism / 144
3. Useful Contacts / 147
4. Railroad-Related Museums in New Mexico l 148 Notes / 149
Glossary / 150
Bibliography / 151
Index / 154
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
After the first American railroad journeys in the early nineteenth century, railroads quickly became an integral part of life in the United States, particularly in the undeveloped western region. Settlements there were troubled by unique problems: long distances without provisions, Indian retaliation, floods, and a lack of water. These were obstacles for railroads as well. With the large amount of initial capital required to build a railroad, a new line was a daunting financial risk, and many failed. But those that succeeded not only made money, but also helped define the West, populating it and linking it to the rest of the United States.
In the immense and isolated territory of New Mexico, the railroads' effect was striking. Trade routes such as the Camino Real to Mexico established in the sixteenth century and the i 8 zr Santa Fe Trail to Kansas had made the territory important for commerce, and it was included in many early railroad surveys. But it was also sparsely populated until construction camps, sidings, and new towns emerged along the tracks to service the railroad. Many of New Mexico's cities, including Carlsbad, Raton, Clovis, and Gallup were initially established as railroad stops. Other towns like Grenville, Elida, and Whitewater were once listed prominently on railroad timetables, but are now practically ghost towns, forming the human-made landscape of the present-day West. La Mesilla and Las Cruces competed zealously for the railroad's affection; that Las Cruces absorbed its once-larger neighbor to become one of the largest cities in the state is evidence of the railroads' power....
Railroads are about transportation and movement, but they depend on numerous structures that go nowhere. As time and the train rush by, the depots, the coal tipples, the turntables, and water towers stay still, a testament to our past. The intent of this book is to pay homage to these places and to highlight what remains of the railroad legacy in New Mexico.
-from The Train Stops Here
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