Cloud-Climbing Railroad
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 32° 57.872 W 105° 44.869
13S E 430113 N 3647603
Quick Description: Historical Marker in memory of the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 2/19/2008 8:14:16 PM
Waymark Code: WM36XE
Published By: Groundspeak Charter Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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This was once a railroad. Now it is nothing but a highway
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Cloud-Climbing Railroad

In order to provide timber for the construction of his El Paso & Northeastern Railroad north of Alamogordo, 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.

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