Enjoy this train ride through the deserts of New Mexico. This unique route has been virtually unchanged in the last 100 years. From jointed rail, active semaphores, wood trestles, telegraph poles, water towers, and train stations. It is like riding in a time machine.
We had several slow orders on this day. This was due to copper thieves stealing the wires that run the semaphores which automatically drop the arm to stop. Later in the video we run at the maximum allowed speed on this line of 79 MPH.
Notice in the beginning the many vendors selling stuff at the train station. This tradition dates back to the early days, when the Native Americans would buy or sell from this same area. Many Native Americans still sell unique items to the people getting off or on the train. The train also passes through a Indian reservation where due to old superstitions photography is not allowed.
5 окт 2024
