The Rails Dishes Out Trackside Fare
“WE’RE 30 FEET OFF THE TRACKS,” says Tate Nichols, co-owner of The Rails, the restaurant occupying Clovis’s historic train depot. “That’s a live rail that runs through there.” While trains might…
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Why We Love NM: Our Tracks Take You Back in Time
B UILT IN 1880 TO HAUL SILVER pulled from mines in the San Juan Mountains, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad offers riders a trip to the past. The narrow-gauge railroad takes a scenic ride from…
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Memories: Three Feet Wide
“GRANDPA, WHY DO TRAINS need three tracks to run on?” That naive question by a little boy of eight unlocked a storehouse of memories thousands of miles long but seldom over three feet wide. “Well…
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All Aboard For Adventure
IT’S THE NEW SHERIFF’S FIRST MORNING ON THE JOB, and he’s already pouring sweat. A sword-wielding outlaw has hopped aboard the Wild West Express from Santa Fe to Lamy. He’s annoying a scruffy…
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What We're Reading: Overhaul
Examine Albuquerque's history of trains and multicultural growth in this new book . Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. ESTABLISHED IN 1915, THE ALBUQUERQUE RAIL YARDS sprawl across nearly 30 acres south…
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On the Right Track
FROM THE OUTSIDE, the engine workshop of the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, in Antonito, Colorado, doesn’t seem like much. Not to my eyes anyway. It takes stepping inside, where the…
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Full Stop at the Chili Line Depot
Chili Line Depot's outdoor patio offers some shade from the summer sun. Photograph by Jay Shaffer Photography. A VOICE RINGS OUT FROM THE GRILL as we walk into Chili Line Depot. “It’s going to be a…
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Quintessentially NM: Wild West
Rodeos throughout the state still celebrate the working cowboy. Photograph by Sara Maxfeldt. Trails and Rails THE SPANISH BROUGHT COWS, SHEEP, AND VAQUERO skills to New Mexico, but cowboying in the…
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Quintessentially New Mexico
Photographs by Douglas Merriam, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 128785, Kyle Hinkson/Unsplash, NMTD, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 165653. Landscapes Geological forces conspired to…
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John Bush's Life On the Rails
Above: John Bush discovered his love of trains growing up in Telluride, Colorado. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. THE WAY JOHN BUSH SEES IT, his life nearly ended when he was 29. He was standing…
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