The Albuquerque Eastern Railway, sometimes called the Albuquerque Eastern Railroad,
was chartered July 22, 1901,
by the same parties interested in the
Santa Fe Central Railway which was completed in 1903 between a rail junction at
Torrance, New Mexico and
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The plan was for the Albuquerque Eastern to branch from the Santa Fe Central at
Moriarty, New Mexico
Moriarty is a town in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,910 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Moriarty is located at (34.999815, -106.046667).
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and run 43 miles west through the
Tijeras Pass to
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
.
[ The entire line was graded with a railbed, however, construction was halted in 1905 after only the first 8 miles of track out of Moriarty had been built, due to the Comptroller of the Currency closing the doors of the bank financing the construction.][
Other routes were surveyed, including a branch running northwest toward the coalfields around Hagan, New Mexico and on to Algodones or San Felipe; but, none were brought to fruition.][
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References
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Defunct New Mexico railroads