Albuquerque, NM: Santa Fe Backshop and Roundhouse

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Tim Starr posted
The Santa Fe's Albuquerque boiler shop (posted earlier) can be seen to the left of the giant machine and erecting shop. This aerial photo was taken in 1945 and is part of the Kansas Memory collection (Kansas Historical Society).

John Abbott posted
Bob Gaston "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lifting an engine to be carried to another part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops for wheeling"
Bob Gaston From the Library of Congress.

David Daruszka commented on the above posting
Most railroad "backshops" that did heavy overhauling were equipped with big overhead cranes capable of lifting a locomotive off of its drivers, or moving a complete locomotive. Same Santa Fe Albuquerque shop from a different angle showing the overhead crane.

Bob Garcia posted

Albuquerque Railroad Roundhouse.

Inside railway roundhouse.

Photo: Bob Garcia 1972.

Korey Gregory shared

Been a few photos of the Albuquerque AT&SF roundhouse & shops in this group, but haven’t seen this one yet.. Thanks to Bob Garcia

John Schwers posted
In the late 40’s or early 50’s our Bandelier grade school class went on field trip to the Santa Fe Railroad roundhouse. The roundhouse was later used to store Santa Fe’s historic locomotives.

Mark Lawrence shared

Anthony Gomez commented on John's post
We have a museum at the Rail yard, this is still around in the yard.

Hank-William Buelow commented on John's post
was there until it came down in 1987

John Schwers commented on his post

Barry Sell posted
Hammering out a draw bar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop, Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [forging]

15 images in the group Fascinating Railroad Structures & Engineering (It is a shazme that Facebook changed their rules in favor of spammers and so many groups got switched from Public to Private.)

 

Tim Starr posted
Although the Santa Fe's Albuquerque (NM) boiler shop had been closed by the time this photo was taken in 2005, it gives an idea of the huge interior and its 150-ton Morgan bridge crane. (Jet Lowe; Library of Congress)

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Ken Heitzenrater shared
Daniel Thurston: This looks like the table in Logansport In.
Clayton Huber: Albuquerque New Mexico?

Dennis DeBruler commented on Daniel's comment

It is not Logansport. The doors and windows don't match.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Clayton's comment
It is not Alburquerque either.
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