Albuquerque
Apache Canyon
Artesia
Carlsbad
Clovis
Deming
Gallup
Hatch
Lake Arthur
Las Cruces
Loving
Melrose
Mesilla Park
Mountainair
Portales
Raton
Raton Mountains
Rincon
Roswell
Sublette
Texico
Tucumcari
Vaughn

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There are precious few good references for many of the railroad stations and depots that used to exist.

One of the better resources I have come across to this end is the plethora of old post cards still around depicting many of these structures, some better than others.

Most of the postcards were found on EBay unless noted, other pictures, mostly the more recent ones, come from Google and/or Bing images - credit given if the source is known.   Compliments to (to name a few) skurfanpostcards, trentonstampandcoinco, and baysideantiques_02 for the many, many railroad depot pictures they all offer, without whom you wouldn't have as many pictures here to enjoy.... all of the pictures from these folks are for sale.  Seller with the red word COPY on them is "skurfanpostcards".

Dates are in the picture name, x means the date is approximate.  If they were available, and interesting, I included the back side of the postcards.  1901a and 1910b would be the same card, both sides.

If the picture was really, really bad, some of them have been cleaned up and/or repaired when I had the energy.

Since many of these stations are no longer around, this page is mostly for historical reference.

What's the difference between a station and a depot?  Most people will say "nuttin", it's a matter of preference, although many will use depot for older buildings.

If you have a picture you would like to contribute, please see the bottom of the page for how to find me, credit is always given to contributing photographers.


Albuquerque

  Ebay seller savikes

  Ebay seller trentonstampandcoinco

Ebay seller *delifrank*



Apache Canyon / Glorietta Mountains

Ebay seller beschins1782

  Ebay seller walkerspostcards



Artesia
An ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Carlsbad
ex Santa Fe station
GPS Coordinates: 32.41913, -104.22530

photo courtesy Jim Spears









Clovis
GPS Coordinates: 34.39782, -103.20767
Built in 1907, the depot is located on the tracks to the south of the main downtown area in Clovis.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
BNSF also has a fairly substantial sized yard in town.



  Ebay seller mrgym

Ebay seller mac-2-mac





photo by courthouselover

  Ebay seller newmexkan





Deming

Ebay seller crowspostcards

Ebay seller dsap



Gallup

Ebay seller skurfanpostcards



Hatch
ex Santa Fe station
I've looked on Google Maps for this depot, and can not locate it, anyone know if it is still around?

photo courtesy Jim Spears

A leftover loading dock/ramp along Railroad Ave.







Small Timber Bridge
Just less than a mile east of town on NM 154, over Hatch Drain.







Small Timber Bridge
About 1.25 miles east of town on NM 154.







Three Section Trestle
About 2 miles east of town on NM 154. Spans the Rincon Siphon of the Rio Grande.













Lake Arthur
Lake Arthur is about 29 miles almost due south of Roswell.  No depot, but tracks still run thru town.

Ebay seller skurfanpostcards



Las Cruces
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Lordsburg



I snuck this one in here because it is railroad related in name only: Railroad Ave. We all think that parking problems are a modern inconvenience, but it appears that even 100 years ago, they were beginning to have "problems" :-)

Ebay seller dsap



Loving
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Melrose
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Mesilla Park
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Mountainair
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Portales
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears

Ebay seller skurfanpostcards



Raton

Ebay seller jkarras



Raton Mountains/Pass

Ebay seller marymartinpostcards



  Ebay seller lillianthomasenterprises

Ebay seller drifter



Rincon
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears



Roswell
ex Santa Fe station
GPS Coordinates: 33.398748, -104.519593

photo courtesy Jim Spears

from East 5th Street



Sublette

Ebay seller bungalowbuys



Texico
Texico is on the state line with Texas, in fact, the state line runs smack dab in the middle of the grade crossing with Ave AS.









Tucumcari

  Ebay seller walkerspostcards



Vaughn
ex Santa Fe station

photo courtesy Jim Spears

Ebay seller b.t.postcards



Disclaimers:

I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.

Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct.  Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)

My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning.  Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented.  Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost!  I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches.  ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them.  If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.  Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.

Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given!  Please be NICE!!!  Contact info is here

Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly inaccurate, wrong, or not true.

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