Interesting power combo just east of Carlsbad, NM.
A trio of 6 axle EMD's switch the west end of BNSF's yard at Carlsbad, NM.
NS 9585 at Carlsbad, NM.
ATSF M-161 is seen pulling ATSF coach car 1207 near Carlsbad New Mexico on July 22nd 1935. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
The bare New Mexico desert stretches out for miles in all directions as a pair of GATX SD38-2 lease units await their next assignment at the end of a siding on the BNSF Carlsbad Sub.
The Santa Fe station at Carlsbad, NM started out as a traditional brick structure that was later extended and extensively rebuilt into a stucco structure with a more "southwestern" appea... (more)
A BNSF local freight awaits a crew to depart the yard in Carlsbad, New Mexico on a June evening. The yard is full of empty covered hoppers awaiting their next load.
An interesting pair of older BNSF schemes is represented in this lashup of a warbonnet and executive scheme outside the Carlsbad yard engine house. This line was operated by the Southwestern Railr... (more)
Permian Basin Regional Training Center's Alco S2 sits in the early morning light. There are two Alco S2's captive at the facility for training first responders.
A boiler equipped GP7 with Train #26, the Pecos Valley Streamliner about to leave Carlsbad, NM: Bally Boynkin, Grorge Gunter & a firemen. A Roger Puta photograph.
A Southbound SWR freight heads south through Carlsbad in the late evening with a ex Austin Western SD50 leading.
A Westbound BNSF Potash train gets ready to depart Carlsbad, NM in the late evening.
2 blue Southwestern Railway units at there Carlsbad Yard.
Late evening at Carlsbad, NM finds 2 Southwestern Railway units, first being a former BNSF SD40-2 and the second a Austin Western SD50.
one of a small army of locals that operated on the spider web of spurs east of Carlsbad each with sets of four CF7's and four exFunit slugs was passing Getty Junction on the way to one of the many... (more)
