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Viewing Album: Southwestern Railroad Company
By:
William H. Davis Jr.
Dates:
4/20/2011 - 4/20/2011
Album Info:
Not to be confused with the granger railroad of the same name that operates in the Texas panhandle & northwestern Oklahoma, New Mexico's Southwestern Railroad is a copper hauling line based in Hurley, NM. Southwestern falls under the Western Group umbrella, which also includes the Cimarron Valley in Kansas, Oklahoma, & Colorado, the Arizona Central/Verde River Canyon Excursion train in Arizona, & the Shattuck branch of the Southwestern based in Perryton, Tx. Southwestern began operations in 1990 when it acquired a collection of branch lines from the Santa Fe. The original line sale included all of Santa Fe's trackage north & west of Whitewater, NM. In 1994, Santa Fe sold 27 additional miles of trackage from Whitewater to Peruhill, northwest of Deming, to Southwestern. In 2001, BNSF sold the former Santa Fe Deming Subdivision to the Southwestern which is 60 miles between Rincon, Deming, & Peruhill, NM. Southwestern's primary customer is Phelps-Dodge, the copper producing giant. SW presently serves the open pit copper mines at Chino & Tyrone, as well as a smelter at Hurley, NM. All Hurley area traffic is copper related: inbound loads of copper ore, additional loads of copper ore moving from the mining areas to the smelter, outbound loads of copper anodes & cathodes, & outbound loads of sulfuric acid which is a by product of the smeltering process. Southwestern also serves customers on the former BNSF Deming Subdivision in Deming, Hockett, Hatch, & Rincon. Recent operating patterns have seen the Southwestern operating between Deming & Rincon on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays. The train normally heads east out of Deming in the mid to late morning, works Rincon in the early afternoon & returns to Deming in the mid to late afternoon. Southwestern also occasionally operates unit coal trains between Rincon & Deming. BNSF delivers the coal trains to the SW in Rincon where SW takes the coal to Deming to hand over to UP for delivery to a power plant near Cochise, Az.
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Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW GP40 9964, a GP30, & another GP40 are awaiting their next assignment in Deming, NM
Photo Date:
4/4/2011
Upload Date:
4/27/2011 6:13:40 PM
Location:
Deming, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
329
Comments:
0
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Southbound Local Freight Train passing through Mirage, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF at Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
10/17/2013 4:29:56 AM
Location:
Mirage, NM
Author:
William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
582
Comments:
6
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Mirage, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
4/23/2011 12:34:26 AM
Location:
Mirage, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
504
Comments:
4
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Hatch, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
4/21/2011 10:39:56 PM
Location:
Hatch, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
589
Comments:
10
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Placitas, NM on their way back to Deming, NM. after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM.
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
4/21/2011 10:12:30 PM
Location:
Placitas, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
1528
Comments:
20
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Nutt, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
4/22/2011 11:58:07 PM
Location:
Nutt, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
534
Comments:
8
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Nutt, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
4/21/2011 11:03:10 PM
Location:
Nutt, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
662
Comments:
16
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Nutt, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchalging with BNSF at Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/12/2013 3:28:25 PM
Location:
Nutt, NM
Author:
William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
404
Comments:
2
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Hatch, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF at Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
4/20/2011
Upload Date:
2/12/2013 3:38:46 PM
Location:
Hatch, NM
Author:
William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9710(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
408
Comments:
2
Title:
Southwestern Railroad
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Nutt, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
3/20/2012
Upload Date:
3/20/2012 1:41:14 AM
Location:
Nutt, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
463
Comments:
10
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train passing through Placitas, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF in Rincon, NM
Photo Date:
3/20/2012
Upload Date:
4/22/2011 11:24:06 PM
Location:
Mirage, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
573
Comments:
10
Title:
Southwestern Railroad Company
Description:
SW Westbound Local Freight Train departing Rincon, NM on their way back to Deming, NM after interchanging with BNSF
Photo Date:
3/20/2012
Upload Date:
3/20/2012 1:50:57 AM
Location:
Rincon, NM
Author:
william davis
Categories:
Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:
SW 3000(GP40)
SW 9964(GP40)
Views:
417
Comments:
8
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