The New Mexico Central Railroad was formed in 1908 from the consolidation of the
Santa Fe Central Railway
Originally chartered December 7, 1900, as the Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Pacific Railway Company, this line became the Santa Fe Central Railway in July 1901. Its 116-mile route was completed in 1903 between a rail junction at Torrance, New Mexico ...
and the
Albuquerque Eastern Railway Co., to operate the 116 miles of track between
Torrance and
Santa Fe,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
.
That line, reorganized in 1918 as the New Mexico Central ''Railway'', was sold to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and ...
in 1926.
[ The New Mexico Central remained the nominal owner of the Santa Fe-leased line while the Santa Fe proceeded to abandon operation of the trackage in pieces, ending in 1972 with abandonment from Willard to Calvert ( Moriarty), New Mexico.
]
New Mexico Central Railroad (2017)
The original New Mexico Central is not to be confused with the New Mexico Central Railroad (NMCR) which was newly created around 2017 to take over Southwestern Railroad’s lease interest in a line from Rincon to Deming, New Mexico
Deming (, ''DEM-ing'') is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces and north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. The population was 14,855 as of the ...
, and to further acquire an ownership interest in lines extending from Deming to Peruhill; from Peruhill to Whitewater
Whitewater forms in a rapid context, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and ...
; from Whitewater to both the Tyrone industrial Spur at Burro Mountain Jct. and to Santa Rita; and, from Hannover Junction to the Fierro Industrial Spur at the Sharon Steel Plant, all a total of about 116 miles.[ However, the Continental Rail website in 2021 does not mention the NMCR.]
References
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Defunct New Mexico railroads