C&S Meet - Des Moines, New Mexico - 1992

BN 3522 N. at Des Moines, New Mexico waits in the hole for a unit coal train.

BN 5562 S. at Des Moines, New Mexico

BN extended vision cupola caboose 12552 brings up the rear of a loaded coal train at Des Moines, New Mexico on the Colorado and Southern.

BN 3522 N. pulls out of Des Moines, New Mexico siding.

BN 3522 N. pulls out of Des Moines, New Mexico siding.

BN 3522 N. Des Moines, New Mexico

BN 3522 N. Des Moines, New Mexico
GP40M 3522 is ex CB&Q 637

On the high plains of northeastern New Mexico one can get the sensation of being on top of the world. Here we see a meet between a southbound coal train and a northbound manifest. The coal loads don't go this way anymore, and instead make their way to Texas powerplants via Boise City, Oklahoma, on the former Santa Fe.