Colorado Springs to Lamy (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)

This page is part of Henry’s USA Rail Trip.

Monday September 1st 1958

Another line before boarding a sleeper, this time on the Santa Fe line to Lamy, for Santa Fe. The railway does not go through the town itself!

Am feeling again very sleepy after this hot day and a good supper, so will bring this to a close, I’m in some danger of drowning from drinking so much water though – there’s a superb little fountain serving cool but not quite ice-cold water on the station. Really mustn’t over-indulge, as I have an upper berth on the train!!

Pullman Company Passenger's Check for Henry's sleeping car accommodation between Colorado Springs and Lamy. — *Pullman Company Passenger’s Check for Henry’s sleeping car accommodation between Colorado Springs and Lamy.*

Henry’s journey from Colorado Springs to Lamy would have involved two trains. The first would have run between Colorado Springs and La Junta on a joint line used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. At La Junta, a major junction, Henry’s Pullman sleeping car would have been switched into a Santa Fe mainline train – probably The Chief – en route from Chicago to Lamy.

Northern New Mexico - view from the train (photo by Henry Tribe). — *Northern New Mexico – view from the train.*

Postcard of a Santa Fe train going through Apache Canyon near Lamy (credit Fred Harvey 7C-K2876, C-5903). — *Postcard of a Santa Fe train going through Apache Canyon near Lamy, from Henry’s collection of souvenir postcards (credit Fred Harvey 7C-K2876, C-5903).*

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System timetable, spring and summer 1958.

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