Clovis Train Station to Become Restaurant

(Eastern New Mexico News) What's now enveloped in dust and times past may soon be a local staple where eastern New Mexico residents will be immersed in New Mexico history while getting a taste of local culture - literally. 

Brothers Jordan and Tate Nichols of Farwell said they wanted to bring something unique to Clovis. And unique it would be, with residents enjoying fine dining from local farmers and ranchers as they watch trains go by.  

The brothers, who bought Clovis' historic train depot on U.S. 60/84 in 2016, began construction in March to turn the historic treasure into a restaurant. Continued

Little Caboose on the Caprock

You never know just what you'll find clinging to the side of a cliff, this particular cliff being the northern escarpment of the Llano Estacado. Retired Atchison Topeka and Sant Fe Caboose, Number 999501, sits waiting for a train that'll never come. But what a view! As you can see, the owners converted it into a little cabin.

Mary Colter

(Wikipedia) Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter (April 4, 1869 – January 8, 1958) was an American architect and designer. She was one of the very few female American architects in her day.
She was the designer of many landmark buildings and spaces for the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railroad, notably in Grand Canyon National Park.
Her work had enormous influence as she helped to create a style, blending Spanish Colonial Revival and Mission Revival architecture with Native American motifs and Rustic elements, that became popular throughout the Southwest. Continued

Samuel Pomeroy

Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the "Super Chief," being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Servicing these diesel streamliners takes five minutes (Jack Delano, Library of Congress 1943)

(Wikipedia) Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was an United States Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
A Republican, he also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas, from 1858 to 1859, the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864. Continued

Revival Las Vegas: The restoration of La Castañeda

La Castaneda before restoration (Sixgun Siding)

(Santa Fe New Mexican) On a recent day in mid-September, dozens of workers were busy inside and outside the historic Castañeda Hotel as owners Allan Affeldt and Tina Mion prepared to open seven rooms in another month or so.
It will be the first time in 70 years that guests have stayed in the establishment at 524 Railroad Avenue in Las Vegas. Continued

George C. Magoun

(Library of Congress)

(Wikipedia) George C. Magoun (August 25, 1840 – December 20, 1893) was, in the late 1880s, the Chairman of the Board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ... Magoun died on December 20, 1893. He had become so personally identified with the railroad that three days after his death, the Santa Fe entered receivership. Continued

Locomotive restorers hope to steam ahead

 

(Albuquerque Journal) Volunteers have been putting steam locomotive Santa Fe 2926 back together for more than 15 years, and it looks as if the old engine will soon be rewarded with some fire in the belly.
“A few more months and we will probably be able to make steam in the boiler for the first time since 1953,” said Michael Hartshorne, president of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society, the organization dedicated to bringing the locomotive back to life. Continued

Samuel Pomeroy

Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the "Super Chief," being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Servicing these diesel streamliners takes five minutes (Jack Delano, Library of Congress 1943)

(Wikipedia) Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was an United States Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
A Republican, he also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas, from 1858 to 1859, the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864. Continued

Belen Doodlebug

Railroad Station, Kenna, NM

Now a private residence.

Train Station: Las Vegas, New Mexico

AT&SF Railroad Station, Tulia, Texas