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Western Railroad Discussion > Mountainair MorningDate: 05/26/23 09:55 Mountainair Morning Author: jgilmore First morning at the Mountainair airbnb next to the Transcon, the weather was hit or miss and a little hazy. My digital shooting and processing skills don't help either. Views are great here but the wifi is pretty crappy. T-mobile cell service works good though. Three shots from the patio...
JG    Date: 05/26/23 10:14 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: robj Seem to remember old photo or nice paintings, was that a helper grade?
Bob Posted from Android Date: 05/26/23 10:58 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: jgilmore robj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Seem to remember old photo or nice paintings, was > that a helper grade? > > Bob Probably in the old days, Mountainair is the high point both east and west, EBs face a 1.25% grade out of Belen and WBs have a more gradual .60% up to Mountainair before cruising downhill... JG Date: 05/26/23 13:24 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: AndyBrown Excellent! Great views. I didn't know about the place; will have to check it out.
Andy Date: 05/26/23 22:11 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: Evan_Werkema robj Wrote:
> Seem to remember old photo or nice paintings, was that a helper grade? Yes. The very last use of Santa Fe steam in revenue service was as helpers between Belen and Mountainair, NM in the summer of 1957. Date: 05/27/23 06:36 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: GeneL From where you are is it possible to see where the tracks curve? Or a hill or a ridge is in the way or someone else's property?
Date: 05/27/23 08:16 Re: Mountainair Morning Author: jgilmore GeneL Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > From where you are is it possible to see where the > tracks curve? Or a hill or a ridge is in the way > or someone else's property? Yeah, you can't see the inside of the curve due to a small hill... JG |