The following railroads operate in the US state of

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 ...

Common freight carriers

Arizona Eastern Railway The Arizona Eastern Railway is a Class III railroad that operates of railroad between Clifton, Arizona, and Miami, Arizona, in the United States. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad between Lordsburg, New Mexico, and ...

(AZER) *

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

(BNSF) *

New Mexico Central Railroad The New Mexico Central Railroad was formed in 1908 from the consolidation of the Santa Fe Central Railway and the Albuquerque Eastern Railway Co., to operate the 116 miles of track between Torrance and Santa Fe, New Mexico. That line, reorgani ...

(NMC) * Southwestern Railroad (SW) * Texas and New Mexico Railroad (TXN) *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

(UP)

Private freight carriers

* Escalante Western Railway *

Navajo Mine Railroad The Navajo Mine is a surface coal mine owned and operated by Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), LLC in New Mexico, USA, within the Navajo Nation. It operates of track between the Four Corners Generating Station and Navajo Mine (formerly ...

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(AMTK) *

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in the United States. The railroad is named for two geogra ...

New Mexico Rail Runner Express The New Mexico Rail Runner Express ( AAR reporting mark NMRX) is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the Ri ...

(NMRX)

Defunct railroads

;Private *

Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad (SC, PA&M) was a narrow gauge railway serving copper mines along the Continental Divide in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico. The communities of Silver City and Pinos Altos developed as 19 ...

United States Potash Railroad The United States Potash Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad built in 1931 to carry potash from the mines to the mill at Loving, New Mexico where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad had a spur that went out to the refinery to carry out the p ...

;Electric * Albuquerque Traction Company * Citizens' Traction Company * City Electric Company * Las Vegas Railway and Power Company * Las Vegas and Hot Springs Electric Railway, Light and Power Company * Las Vegas Transit Company

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in New Mexico
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