Santa Fe Southern | Vintage railcars 120 year-old spur Lamy to Santa Fe |
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lthough hard to believe today, when railroads were being constructed in the American West, physical confrontations led to years of armed conflict between competing companies, essentially low-level guerrilla warfare. Lots of money at stake in sparsely populated rugged territories.
A short 18-mile branch line of the once huge and now defunct “Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway” is still operated as a tourist passenger attraction and limited freight carrier. Might be fun for $32 coach class round trip.
“Ride a working freight train through high desert scenery on this 4-hour round trip from the historic depot in Santa Fe to Lamy, a sleepy little village 18 miles southeast of Santa Fe and reminiscent of turn-of-the-century Wild West days!” – SFSR website
