UNION PACIFIC'S LORDSBURG SUBDIVISION - PART 2: STEINS TO EL PASO Sand Patch Grade Heavy manifest trains head south

Heavy manifest trains head south with lumber from the Pacific Northwest

and EMD E-units remain the popular conception of what a locomotive "looks like

Classic b&w and color video from the 1956 16mm films of Don Krofta

The stations

The company that gave a "Green Light to Innovations" was always at the forefront of the US railroad industry by virtually any metric one could use

UNION PACIFIC'S LORDSBURG SUBDIVISION - PART 2: STEINS TO EL PASO Sand Patch Grade Heavy manifest trains head southIN STOCK AND SHIPPING Rolling across the American Southwest between Tucson and El Paso, The Lordsburg Subdivision has been an integral part of the Sunset Route since its rails were first spiked down in 1880. In Part 1 of this two part series, we covered the west half of the subdivision through Arizona between Tucson and Steins. In Part 2, we continue east to El Paso as trains race across the desert of southwestern New Mexico and into the Rio Grande