314:. It climbed into Salado Canyon through a double horseshoe of 30-degree curves on a 4.2 percent grade to reach High Rolls. From Toboggan the line used a switchback with two trestles on a 22-degree curve with a 6 percent grade. The first trestle was 108 feet (33 m) and the second was 200 feet (61 m). The line then crossed Bailey's Canyon over a 30-degree curve on a 198 feet (60 m) trestle and a 28-degree curve on a 261-foot (80 m) trestle. The following 323-foot (98 m) trestle 52 feet (16 m) over Mexican Canyon still stands as a historic landmark. The final canyon before Cloudcroft required a 338-foot (103 m) trestle 41 feet (12 m) high supporting two 30-degree reverse curves. The climb to Cloudcroft was scheduled to take 2 hours and 50 minutes, and the descent back to Alamogordo took 2 hours and 25 minutes. As many as five daily excursion trains from
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162:, in 1900, where a lodge was built for summer tourists to enjoy the cool mountain air. Cloudcroft was laid out in several villages so tourists might avoid associating too closely with loggers and railway workers. The railway was extended from Cloudcroft to the small community of Russia, New Mexico, in 1903; and several branches were built to reach
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in 1924. Summer excursions from El Paso were discontinued in 1930 and passenger and mail service ended in 1938. Freight service ended in 1947 and the line was dismantled through the summer of 1948, one half century after it had been built. The railroad owned one
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216:. The result has been described as a standard gauge railroad built to narrow gauge standards. It was one of the most spectacular railroads of the American west.
318:, (with a $ 3 fare in 1907) were scheduled through the summer months, and one or two daily round trips provided passenger and mail service through the winter.
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In addition to the above-listed locomotives owned by the
Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway main line, the following lumber company
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Bernat, Andrew (January–February 2004). "The
Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway - A Standard Gauge 'Cloud-Climber'".
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sold as
Cloudcroft Lumber and Land Company # 1 in 1924 and became George E. Breece Lumber Company # 1 in 1926
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became
Sacramento Mountain Lumber Company # 4 in 1918 and was scrapped following a boiler explosion
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598:; became Sacramento Mountain Lumber Company # 1 in 1918 and Southwest Lumber Company # 2 in 1920
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became
Sacramento Mountain Lumber Company # 5 in 1918 and Southwest Lumber Company # 5 in 1920
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became
Sacramento Mountain Lumber Company # 3 in 1918 and Southwest Lumber Company # 4 in 1920
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became
Sacramento Mountain Lumber Company # 2 in 1918 and Southwest Lumber Company # 3 in 1920
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were used during Phelps Dodge control; and the
Southern Pacific roster included 107 logging
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were built in
Alamogordo to mill lumber for extension of the EP&NE to reach the
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The climb began in La Luz Canyon and reached
Fresnel Canyon using trestles and two
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836:. The World Press. pp. 397, 400, 401, 407, 423, 427, 434, 442 & 455.
402:#1 renumbered # 56. To EP&SW 5 April 1917. Too large for track. Sold to
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in addition to the five wood-burning locomotives listed below. Additional
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142:(EP&NE). Construction began from the EP&NE connection at
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became Southern Pacific class C-14 # 2504; scrapped 1935
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built as Zuni Mountain # 10; moved from Thoreau in 1929
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851:. Texas Western Press. pp. 68 & 120.
472:subsidiary Ferrocarril Nacozari # 25 in 1906
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818:. Colorado Railroad Museum. pp. 72–76.
337:, four open-sided excursion cars, and five
136:Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
17:Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
156:Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
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349:formerly owned by the lumber companies.
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834:The Shay Locomotive Titan of the Timber
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717:built as Zuni Mountain # 3; moved from
874:Logging railroads in the United States
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404:Red River Lumber Company, California
150:fir and spruce forests to the east.
796:Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette
214:Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
166:for the Alamogordo Lumber Company.
138:was built as a branch line for the
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326:El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
72:El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
65:El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
748:George E. Breece Lumber Company
729:George E. Breece Lumber Company
705:George E. Breece Lumber Company
553:operated over logging branches:
140:El Paso and Northeastern Railway
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847:Neal, Dorothy Jensen (1998).
208:included construction of the
181:into the Sacramento Mountain
869:Defunct New Mexico railroads
466:World's Columbian Exposition
321:The line became part of the
849:The Cloud Climbing Railroad
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666:Alamogordo Lumber Company
646:Alamogordo Lumber Company
626:Alamogordo Lumber Company
606:Alamogordo Lumber Company
594:built for C.M. Carrier of
582:Alamogordo Lumber Company
328:in 1905 and was leased by
304:9,076 feet (2,766 m)
293:8,600 feet (2,600 m)
282:7,728 feet (2,355 m)
271:7,111 feet (2,167 m)
261:6,550 feet (2,000 m)
250:4,836 feet (1,474 m)
239:4,320 feet (1,320 m)
814:Myrick, David F. (1970).
686:Southwest Lumber Company
330:Southern Pacific Railroad
179:White Sands Missile Range
77:Southern Pacific Railroad
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158:. The railroad reached
146:, in 1898 to reach the
128:32 mi (51 km)
47:Territory of New Mexico
832:Koch, Michael (1971).
816:New Mexico's Railroads
441:# 1300; scrapped 1934
160:Cloudcroft, New Mexico
144:Alamogordo, New Mexico
30:Mexican Canyon Trestle
541:Ferrocarril Mexicano
719:Thoreau, New Mexico
400:Norfolk and Western
148:Sacramento Mountain
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169:Climbing from the
53:Dates of operation
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437:class SE-1
433:rebuilt as
353:Locomotives
335:combine car
290:Cloudcroft
258:High Rolls
236:Alamogordo
194:switchbacks
186:escarpments
183:fault block
90:Track gauge
863:Categories
770:References
721:, in 1929
228:Elevation
468:; became
398:Built as
279:Toboggan
222:Milepost
84:Technical
61:Successor
798:: 47–52.
762:Arkansas
738:12/1907
655:11/1899
565:Builder
539:sold as
522:4-truck
511:11/1899
505:Baldwin
485:Baldwin
455:Baldwin
406:in 1920
383:4-truck
366:Builder
347:flatcars
339:cabooses
225:Station
212:and the
206:Colorado
190:trestles
152:Sawmills
109: in
38:Overview
757:1/1913
714:5/1910
695:9/1921
675:6/1902
635:9/1899
615:3/1899
591:4/1895
559:Number
536:3/1902
491:3/1899
461:3/1893
430:8/1898
423:Baldwin
395:8/1907
360:Number
301:Russia
268:Wooten
247:La Luz
104:⁄
574:Notes
562:Owner
508:17107
502:2-8-0
488:16494
458:13361
427:16103
375:Notes
343:2-8-0s
198:grades
164:timber
125:Length
79:(1924)
74:(1905)
43:Locale
754:2611
751:Lima
735:2027
732:Lima
711:2321
708:Lima
692:3155
689:Lima
669:Lima
649:Lima
629:Lima
609:Lima
585:Lima
571:Date
481:2-8-0
450:2-4-2
439:0-8-0
415:2-8-2
392:1893
389:Lima
372:Date
363:Type
287:26.2
276:20.6
255:15.8
672:700
652:587
632:580
612:568
588:483
533:673
529:Lima
519:105
499:104
477:103
446:102
411:101
196:and
177:and
134:The
28:The
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380:99
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