The two travellers awoke at the Plaza Hotel and after our morning preparations, I drove us to the Hillcrest Restaurant where I had a waffle with bacon and Elizabeth had French Toast. It was excellent at a good price. We returned to the Plaza Hotel where Elizabeth finished up her computer activity while I relaxed until she was done. We checked out and left Las Vegas to our first stop of the day.
Santa Fe Glorieta station built in 1927 and is now a United States Post Office. Next I drove us to Lamy.
Santa Fe Southern GP7u 07, nee Santa Fe 2744, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1952.
Santa Fe Southern GP16 93, ex. Louisville and Nashville 2304, nee Louisville and Nashville GP7 414 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1952.
Atlantic Coast Line "Talladega" built by Pullman Standard in 1950 which became Seaboard Coast Line 5955 and later Amtrak 8085; now at the Lamy Railroad Museum.
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Santa Fe Lamy station built in 1909.
Denver and Rio Grande Western caboose 01444 built by the railroad in 1945.
Central of New Jersey coach 1158 built by Bethlehem in 1926.
New York Central sleeping car "Hamilton" built by Pullman, later Southern Railway. PPCX 700100. Further history currently unknown.
The sign about the Hamilton.
Central of New Jersey baggage-coach 300 "Halley" built by Pressed Steel in 1926.
Santa Fe Southern caboose 562, former Santa Fe 999731, built by International Car in 1978.
Unknown baggage car.
Central of New Jersey coach 1195 built by Bethlehem in 1926.
A Rail Bike by Rail Explorers who offers rail rides across North America. I drove us to Santa Fe and we paid to park for eighteen minutes, enough time to look around.
There was a two-car New Mexico Railrunner train.
New Mexico Railrunner MP36PH-3C 106 built by Motive Power Industries in 2008.
The Santa Fe station in Santa Fe built in 1880.
New Mexico Railrunner train 510 arrived into Santa Fe with Elizabeth my lovely wife watching it.
New Mexico Railrunner MP36PH-3C 107 built by Motive Power Industries in 2008.
New Mexico Railrunner two trains in Santa Fe. We went to REI to use the restroom. We had planned to ride the Railrunner and the temporary schedule would have worked for us. However, the schedule was updated today with full service resumption but the noontime train was a hour later and we could not take it without a very late arrival into Farmington.
The Rio Grande Santa Fe station built in 1903. We left here and I drove us to the steam engine in town at Salvador Perez Park.
Santa Fe 2-10-4 5030 built by Baldwin in 1924 and donated in 1959.
The information board for this steam engine. I next drove us south to Madrid.
Santa Fe 2-8-0 769 in Madrid built by Richmond Locomotive Works in 1900 as Santa Fe Pacific Railroad 266. The locomotive was sold to the Albuquerque & Los Cerrillos Coal Company in 1950. This and two other engines worked at the coal mine in Madrid located at the end of a branch extending south from the Santa Fe main at Waldo, New Mexico. 769 was never re-numbered or re-lettered. The mine closed in 1959 as a result of declining coal markets, and Madrid became something of a ghost town. 769 and 870 were abandoned on site and left to rust. For some reason, 769 was parked just outside the old single stall enginehouse, which might otherwise have given it some protection from the elements during the years it has sat neglected in Madrid. During the 1970s, Madrid revived as an artist community and tourist attraction, and 769 was sold to Joe Huber, cosmetically restored and incorporated into the Old Coal Mine Museum, still standing on the spot where it was abandoned. It is now now under restoration. We started back to Santa Fe but pulled off the highway on the way there.
Interesting rock formation along this highway. We drove to Santa Fe and had lunch at Jersey Mike's then took Interstate 25 south to US 550 and headed north up this highway.
Views along US Highway 550. We arrived in Farmington and checked into the Quality Inn where we wrote two stories as the Pittsbugh Penguins lost game 5. They must win Game 6 or else they will be out of the playoffs. We took a dinner break with me having KFC who messed up my order and Elizabeth having Carl's Junior for her evening meal. We called it a night. Tomorrow will be Elizabeth's first trip on the Durango and Silverton Railroad.
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