The story of the railroads which penetrated the vast expanse of the rugged Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico is both a history of the land and a saga of men with great ambitions. The land, long inhabited the Jemez Indians, was conquered by Spanish invaders, only to be taken over a few centuries later and exploited again by American businessmen. With them came the railroads that were so necessary to support the industrial practices of the time in lumbering, mining, and general land development. The two lines were far longer, and thus more expensive to run, than comparable railroads operated by similar enterprises in New Mexico. Neither railroad was able to achieve efficient operations or attain a steady income. By 1941 both railroads had become obsolete, and were abandoned.
Jemez Mountains Railroads: Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
1989
87 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Natural Resource Management , Forestry , Mineral Industries , Education, Law, & Humanities , Railroads , Jemez Mountains , Cargo transportation , Land development , Mining , Lumber , Santa Fe National Forest , Rail transportation , Construction , Financial management , Organization theory , Historical aspects , Northern Region(New Mexico) , Cuba Extension Railway , Santa Fe Northwestern Railway , Cultural resources , Natural resources management
Engineering Index Backfile | 1890
Engineering Index Backfile | 1890
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