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A stylized roadrunner, New Mexico’s state bird, decorates the locomotives and coaches on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. New Mexico Rail Runner On July 14, 2006, commuter rail service in Albuquerque began with the launch of the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. Initial operations were phased in throughout 2006 on a 46-mile segment of […]
Before a 1960 line-relocation project, the two main tracks of the Santa Fe Railway’s transcontinental main line split at Supai, a few miles west of Williams, Ariz. The westbound track followed a more circuitous route, enabling trains to more easily climb the steep Supai hill. Twelve miles west of Williams the tracks met again, at […]
John was one of the many engineers I fired for on passenger trains on the Southern Pacific between Sparks and Carlin, Nev., after World War II. He made his firing date in 1912, and his engineer’s date in 1920. In those days, running a passenger train was like a miracle, for there were 149 engineers […]
