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Union Pacific Railroad: Southwestern Railroad of New Mexico: SP: 1901 1902 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: Texas–New Mexico Railway: TNM MP: 1927 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Texas, Santa Fe and Northern Railroad: DRGW: 1880 1884 Santa Fe Southern Railway: Tierra Amarilla Southern Railroad: DRGW: 1892 1902 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Western division $1000 bond issued 1880. In January 1880, the SL&SF came to an agreement with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, which had recently entered New Mexico from the north, whereby the two companies would jointly control the A&P.
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until 1880, when the railroad arrived in Santa Fe.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: 1880–1968 Narrow gauge Hillcrest New Mexico: 7,714 ft (2,351 m) Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad: Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad 1903–1924 Narrow gauge Campbell Pass: New Mexico: 7,244 ft (2,208 m) Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: BNSF Railway: 1882–present Tyrone New Mexico: 5,990 ...
By May, the new directors had organized a corps of engineers to locate the line to Brenham. Map of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, circa 1880, including a proposed northwest extension which would ultimately terminate at Sweetwater, Texas, rather than extending into New Mexico as shown
SP acquired H&TC in 1883 but it continued to operate as a subsidiary under its own management until 1927, [4] when it was leased to another SP-owned railroad, the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway (BBB&C), was chartered in Texas on February 11, 1850, by a group that included General Sidney Sherman.
The New Mexico Rail Runner Express, a commuter rail line, began service between Sandoval County and Albuquerque in July 2006 using an existing BNSF right-of-way which was purchased by New Mexico in 2005. Service expanded to Valencia County in December 2006 and to Santa Fe on December 17, 2008.
By late 1880, the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad (an AT&SF subsidiary) was building a line down the Rio Grande valley toward El Paso.At Rincon the line was split, with a branch going southwest toward Deming, with the goal of joining to the Southern Pacific, which was under construction from the west.