Where in New Mexico did the Santa Fe have shop facilities, circa 1900-1914? Was there anything close by to Portales? Boxcab E50
Portales was close to Clovis, a major Santa Fe junction point. My PORTALES file shows location shown on map of eastern New Mexico _Warbonnet_ 4Q2000 p.6 depot pix, _Santa Fe Modeler_ 1Q89 p.23ff partial pix, _Route of the Warbonnets_ p.82 My CLOVIS file shows the following: extended "Belen Cutoff" design depot depot under construction, _Santa Fe Modeler_ 3Q89 p.9 Clovis NM depot 1950s _Warbonnet_ 1Q02 p.26 depot, track side "400,000 Miles by Rail" by Blanton p.172 M-160 used on Clovis-Carlsbad run, formerly "The Cavern" p.24 M-190 at Clovis depot _Warbonnet_ 4Q2000 p.9 scenes & yard, _Route of the Warbonnets_ p.86,87,88 yard aerial pix, _Santa Fe Modeler_ 3Q91 p.41 roundhouse, _Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail_ p.51 wide shots yard & ice dock, _Santa Fe Modeler_ 1Q89 p.9 Clovis west end & yard scene 1966 _SF Trackside w/ Bill Gibson_, p.94,110,113 ,114 pix from top of ice plant, _Reefers,Ice Bunker_ p.16 pix, _Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail_ p.247,395,400,401,442,462,470,477. story: depot restored as museum, model rr, _Mod RRer_ Nov96 p.21 I think roundhouse and minor servicing facilities in Clovis, and not even sure if the Belen cutoff route was there in 1900-1915...but not "shops" as in heavy rebuilding. Matter of fact, I don't think anyplace in New Mexico.
Santa Fe SHOPS? Only ones I can think of are Chicago,Ill; San Bernadino, Cal; Barstow, Cal; Topeka, Kansas; and Cleburne, Texas. SANTA FE ROUNDHOUSES IN NEW MEXICO-- "Vanishing Roundhouses", pictorial article. _Santa Fe Modeler_ 2Q 88 p.21 Roundhouse, Belen, N Mex, pix _Santa Fe Modeler_ 2Q 88 p.24 Roundhouse, Carlsbad, N Mex, pix _Santa Fe Modeler_3Q 88 p.25 Roundhouse, Deming, N Mex. pix _Santa Fe Modeler_ 2Q 88 p.28 Roundhouse, Raton NM modeling & superdetailing in N scale by David Haines _N Scale_ SepOct92 p.39 Are you trying to find a place to use a Walther's "shop" kit?
the AT&SF stored a 4-8-4 (2925) and a 2-10-4 (5021) until the mid 80's in Clovis, they were donated to the California Railroad Museum...i don't think that they are on display
Tracing some family genealogy. Several family members working their way west, late 1800s to pre-WWI, via RR boilermaker/machinist trades. Trying to find where they might have worked, knowing factually they did live in certain places along that trail. Boxcab E50
If you have access to Sanborn's maps, you might try a town by town search. Sanborn's covered most towns of any size in America from late 1800s to mid 20th century with maps so detailed, they show every building in 1 map inch to 50 feet prototype scale, with type of construction, maps updated every 10 or 15 years. I have immediate access only to Sanborn's maps for Texas via the local public library subscription online and also via the local university online open to me as a grad student.
At one time, I did have access to Sanborn maps. That password ceased working about two years back. As for shops, it was not just roundhouses at major division points. Many times railroads had minor servicing facilities at in between places, on branches, etc. Such as a small engine house area to service local switchers, local power. On the AT&SF, I'd have no idea where to look. Boxcab E50
Santa Fe Class 5 shoppings (heavy repair) were still being done on steamers in Albuquerque until the 50's. Facilities photos seem to show a backshop behind the roundhouse.
First reply to a message on this list - 1900-1915 or so the locations on the east side of the state where there would have been engine houses would have been Carlsbad, Roswell, Clovis,(all AT&SF by 1915) Tucumcari (SP/RI) and Clayton (FW&DC). The Belen cut-off was opened by 1910 and the facilities at Clovis were the largest of the ones mentioned above. John Moore Albuquerque
Vaugn had an 8 stall roundhouse. 2925 & 5021 were stored in Belen not Clovis till moved to Abq then later went to California
Here is a link to some pics of ATSF roundhouses. Note the third Albuquerque photo, it appears to be a backshop behind the partially destroyed RH. Below are some views of the model of the Albq facility that I built:
That unknown roundhouse view, where it's burned down, has me wondering- How many such facilities suffered that same fate in steam days? Boxcab E50
