Santa Fe Southern Railway
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Santa Fe Depot, with a Rail Runner Express train (right), alongside a diesel locomotive and ex-Santa Fe Pleasure Dome operated by the SFSR
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| Reporting mark | SFSR |
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| Locale | Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| Dates of operation | 1992–present |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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The Santa Fe Southern Railway (reporting mark SFSR) is a short line railroad in New Mexico, United States. It carries both passengers and freight between Lamy and Santa Fe, a distance of 18.1 miles (29.1 km).[1] It is a tourist railroad that also carries freight: the passenger cars are classical and most passengers are tourists.[1]
It began operations in 1992, after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now part of Burlington Northern Santa Fe) ended operations on the line and a group of local businesspeople purchased the line, initially operating freight service, but subsequently adding passenger trains.[1] Currently, the railroad operates mixed trains, hauling freight, which consists largely of building supplies, and passengers, which run at least twice a week, depending on the season.[1][2] It also operates occasional charter and special trains.[1]
The railroad's business fluctuates greatly; in 2004, it hauled 401 carloads of freight, and in 2007 carried 25,907 passengers, but in 2009 these counts decreased to 25 and 12,208, both record lows.[1]
On October 8, 2010, the railroad was purchased by STI-Global, Ltd., an Australian-based company. STI-Global said that the purchase would allow it to test the safety systems the company produces.[3]
On May 20, 2011, the railroad was evicted from its headquarters at the depot in Santa Fe to make way for a new visitors' center planned to serve New Mexico Rail Runner passengers.[4]
On August 12, 2012, the railroad was featured in the AMC TV series Breaking Bad season 5 episode "Dead Freight", in which one of the railroad's locomotives was delayed at a highway crossing in order to facilitate theft of 1,000 gallons of the industrial chemical methylamine from a tank car near the end of the train. In the credits, special thanks were given to the railroad for making the episode possible.
The railroad operates several coaches formerly owned by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, as well as an ex-Santa Fe Pleasure Dome, a flatcar, and a caboose. Motive power consists of two EMD GP7s, one rebuilt to GP16 specifications.[1]
An article in the Santa Fe New Mexican dated May 23, 2013 stated, "Company officials said last October that they were shutting down for the season as usual. But this week, the board chairman said he had laid off all 11 or 12 full-time staffers, as well as a similar number of seasonal employees, at that time, and he doesn’t expect to operate at all this year." [5]
On April 24, 2014, the Las Vegas Railway Express (LVRE) announced that it had reached an agreement with the Santa Fe Southern to jointly operate excursion trains that summer.[6] LVRE would provide the capital to restore the line to operating condition, while Santa Fe Southern would operate the trains.[6] On September 26, LVRE informed the Santa Fe Southern that they would be terminating the operation, effective on the 29th.[7]
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SF Southern line in Winter.jpg
SF Southern line,Winter 2010. A public hiking trail follows the rail line to Lamy.
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Santa Fe Southern Locomotive.jpg
Santa Fe Southern Loco 93 in Christmas finery, 2011
See also
References
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