Historic site of Dawson coal town on the market

(Albuquerque Journal) ... Buerger, 45, is the broker for a 50,000-acre private ranch that replaced the coal town of Dawson, at one time the largest company-owned town in the Southwest and site of the second-deadliest mine disaster in U.S. history. Continued

The Dawson Branch

A tribute to "The Polly," in Mosquero, New Mexico. The Polly was a passenger car hitched to the end of coal drags on the Dawson Line. It was a slow way to get to Tucumcari, but people had an odd affection for the old car.

The Dawson Line (or Dawson Branch or Roy Branch or Dawson Railway), was a Southern Pacific Railroad line that went from Tucumcari, New Mexico to the coal mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.
The line was built by the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad System which later became The El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, before being absorbed by the Southern Pacific.
Traffic, being mostly coal trains, was slow-going, and train crews were known to pack their rifles and fishing rods with them for diversion at sidings. As slow as it was, it gave Dawsonites the opportunity to connect anywhere a train went in the United States.
The town of Dawson, its mines, and railroad were abandoned in the early 1950's.

The Battle of Turkey Creek Canyon: Ketchum Gang Vs. A Cimarron Sheriff’s Posse

Elzy Lay

(True West) Three suspected train robbers are in camp at their remote hide-out at Turkey Creek Canyon in New Mexico Territory.

Tipped off by a sighting (and a snitch), a seven-man posse out of Cimarron rides to the stronghold and dismounts when campfire smoke is spotted curling up through the trees.

The posse members get into position: three lawmen climb a ridge left of the camp and the other four deploy up the north side of the creek bottom. A half-dressed outlaw, Elzy Lay, comes into their view. With a canteen in his hand, Lay approaches a pool of water in the nearly dry creek bottom. Continued

AMBUS?

Is this the future of the Raton line?

(Albuquerque Journal) Travelers may no longer be able to take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles – and through a long stretch of northeastern New Mexico.

Buses would take travelers for more than 400 miles of the route. Continued

Video: Dawson Mine Disaster (1913) - Dawson City New Mexico

The Dawson Branch

A tribute to "The Polly," in Mosquero, New Mexico. The Polly was a passenger car hitched to the end of coal drags on the Dawson Line. It was a slow way to get to Tucumcari, but people had an odd affection for the old car.

The Dawson Line (or Dawson Branch or Roy Branch or Dawson Railway), was a Southern Pacific Railroad line that went from Tucumcari, New Mexico to the coal mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.
The line was built by the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad System which later became The El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, before being absorbed by the Southern Pacific.
Traffic, being mostly coal trains, was slow-going, and train crews were known to pack their rifles and fishing rods with them for diversion at sidings. As slow as it was, it gave Dawsonites the opportunity to travel anywhere a train went in the United States.
The town of Dawson, its mines, and railroad were abandoned in the early 1950's.

The Battle of Turkey Creek Canyon: Ketchum Gang Vs. A Cimarron Sheriff’s Posse

Elzy Lay

(True West) Three suspected train robbers are in camp at their remote hide-out at Turkey Creek Canyon in New Mexico Territory.

Tipped off by a sighting (and a snitch), a seven-man posse out of Cimarron rides to the stronghold and dismounts when campfire smoke is spotted curling up through the trees.

The posse members get into position: three lawmen climb a ridge left of the camp and the other four deploy up the north side of the creek bottom. A half-dressed outlaw, Elzy Lay, comes into their view. With a canteen in his hand, Lay approaches a pool of water in the nearly dry creek bottom. Continued