Nostalgia & History > Super Chief on Raton Pass - Part 2

as a followup to   https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5838410

One of my quirks is if I  see a photo or read post that interests me I might dig a little online.
  I was a little surprised to find this with only a slight angle difference even tho it is great location.
Wonder  if I had old mag's I'd find another at this location, railfan if you see a good location you try to look it up.
Of note of course the double track but more apparent is the inner "guard" rails so must be a bridge? 

Bob

Fair Use Citation suggested:Plummer, Roger S. ["Super Chief" in Raton Pass], photograph, September 7, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28794/: accessed March 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of the American Railroad.
 

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Guard rails must be intended to protect
the highway overpass the photographer is on.

But looking at the map

https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=36.91969,-104.45131&z=15&t=U&marker0=36.90300%2C-104.43900%2CRaton%20NM&marker1=36.91968%2C-104.45130%2C2.1%20km%20NxNW%20of%20Raton%20NM

I see there is a bridge underneath the overpass,
so I suppose that's why the guard rails.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/24 10:29 by timz.

the bridge may have been replaced at some point as well, given a little different angle