Santa Fe Central Railway

Defunct New Mexico railroad

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)Length116 mi (187 km)

Originally chartered December 7, 1900, as the Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Pacific Railway Company, this line became the Santa Fe Central Railway in July 1901.^[1]^[2] Its 116-mile route was completed in 1903 between a rail junction at Torrance, New Mexico and Santa Fe, New Mexico.^[2] The Governor of the New Mexico Territory called it “(o)ne of the most important railway projects for New Mexico in recent years….”^[3] The principals behind the line also intended a branch called the Albuquerque Eastern Railway running 43 miles west from Moriarty, New Mexico through the Tijeras Pass to Albuquerque.^[2] However, construction on that line was halted in 1905 after only the first 8 miles of track out of Moriarty had been built, due to the Comptroller of the Currency closing the doors of the bank financing these railroad construction projects.^[2]^[4]

The Santa Fe Central was consolidated with the Albuquerque Eastern in 1908 to form the New Mexico Central Railroad.^[2]

References

^ "History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People, Volume II". 1907. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Myrick, David F. (1990). New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey. ISBN 9780826311856. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^ Governor, New Mexico (1903). "The Santa Fe Central Railway, Report of the Governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior, 1903". Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Receivership of the New Mexico Central Railroad Co., Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads, Volume 3". 1919. Retrieved September 25, 2021.