Cloud Climbing Railroad - Cloudcraft, NM
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saopaulo1
N 32° 57.856 W 105° 44.848
13S E 430146 N 3647573
A sign by a trestle bridge in Cloudcroft, NM.
Waymark Code: WMTJ3K
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2016
Views: 4
In order to provide timber for the construction of his El Paso & Northeastern Railroad north of Alamagordo, Charles B. Eddy in 1898 built a spur into the Sacramento Mountains. The line operated as far as Cloudcroft until 1947. The Cloudcroft Trestle is all that remains.
History::
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: Not listed
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