The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad steamed through Raton pass in 1879 ushering in a fabulous period of progress and growth that reached every corner of the vast state. Explore these incredible roundhouses and depots, railroad districts and mercantile houses, locomotive and cabooses, hotels and freight offices that helped tame the southwestern frontier.
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A.T. & S.F. Freight Office
Central Region: Albuquerque
Constructed 1946. The former A.T. & S.F. Freight office in downtown Albuquerque was built in 1946 in an effort to modernize the railroad’s freight operations in the Duke City. The building is an excellent example of a streamlined version of the railroad’s trademark Mission Revival style of architecture. The building Read more…
Artesia Railroad Depot
Southeast Region: Artesia
Constructed 1913. The Artesia Railroad Depot has been restored and revitalized and now houses educational museum exhibits on the regional industries of southeastern New Mexico, including oil and gas and the dairy industry. The adjacent building houses the Artesia Chamber of Commerce. 101 N. First St. Artesia, NM 88241 | Read more…
Belen Hotel
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1910. The Belen Hotel was quickly built to accommodate the surging railroad business enabled by the rerouting of the major Santa Fe Railroad train traffic through Clovis and the so-called Belen cut-off. The building was purchased over a decade ago by famed artist Judy Chicago and her husband Donald Read more…
Belen Railroad Depot & Harvey House Museum
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1909. The construction of the Belen cut-off railroad line through central New Mexico in 1907 was a great boon for the village of Belen. Within two years, the Santa Fe Railroad constructed a handsome depot and Harvey Hotel in the familiar Mission Revival style. Today, the Harvey House has Read more…
Carlsbad Railroad Depot
Southeast Region: Carlsbad
Constructed 1902 The depot at Carlsbad, NM started out as a traditional brick structure that was later extended and extensively rebuilt into a stucco structure with a more “southwestern” appearance. An as-built photo of the 1904 brick depot on page 184 of Robert Pounds’ Santa Fe Depots – The Western Read more…
Castañeda Hotel
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1898 The legendary Hotel Castaneda, a former hotel built by Fred Harvey for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is primed for restoration after a long period of inactivity. The hotel’s architects were Frederick Roehrig and A. Reinsch. The hotel is the oldest Mission-Revival Style building in the Read more…
Central Hotel
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1915. The Central Hotel is similar in architectural style and construction to its more substantial neighbor across the street, the Belen Hotel. The Central also thrived on the heavy railroad commerce ushered into Belen by the Santa Fe railroad after the Belen Cut-off was completed in 1907. The Central Read more…
Clayton Commercial Historic District
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1920. In the late 1880s talk of a railroad was heard and Stephen W. Dorsey, who had built a mansion at Mountain Spring about 60 miles west of Clayton, acquired access to the site where Clayton was eventually situated. A town site was laid out, named after Dorsey’s son Read more…
Clayton Railroad Depot
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1931. The passenger railroad station was originally built by the Santa Fe Railroad, today it is privately-owned. Santa Fe Dr./Fifth St. Clayton, NM 88415 Photo: Arrival of Gov. McDonald 1912
Clovis Railroad Depot
East Region: Clovis
Constructed 1907. At the turn of the Twentieth century, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was looking for a new route over the mountains of New Mexico. It built a bypass from Belen to Texico, and used existing lines to join its mainline in Kansas. The Clovis depot was Read more…