The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy | 
 enlarge | Author: Marci L. Riskin
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 164
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0826333079
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.314
EAN: 9780826333070
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Publication Date: June 15, 2005
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In the vast expanse of territorial New Mexico, railroads had a striking impact. Many cities, among them Carlsbad, Raton, Clovis, and Gallup, were founded as railroad stops. Architect Marci Riskin explores the history of railroad depots and other structures everything but the trains themselvesthat make up New Mexico's railway legacy.To begin the examination, Riskin includes a brief history of railroad development in New Mexico, a description of the architectural features of the state's railroad buildings, and an overview of how railroads work. This background will help answer questions that may arise on a visit to a rail-yard: What is that strangely shaped train car carrying? How is that twisted piece of metal used? Why are the bricks on the platform stamped with the single word Coffeyville? The bulk of the book is an account of what is left of the state's railroad heritage, organized geographically within each rail system: the Santa Fe system from Raton to Silver City, the Denver & Rio Grande, the Colorado & Southern, the Southern Pacific, and the El Paso and Northeastern, among others.
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The architectural features of New Mexico's railroad building June 5, 2005
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In The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy, Santa Fe architect Marci Riskin provides the reader with a brief but informative history of railroad development, and then precedes to focus upon the architectural features of New Mexico's railroad buildings to help explain how railroads work. Historical buildings and their attendant railroads are organized geographical by rail systems (including the Santa Fe system, the Denver & Rio Grande system, the Colorado & Southern system, the Southern Pacific, as well as the El Paso and Northeastern lines). Enhanced with appendices on "Remaining Railroad Structures in New Mexico"; "Heritage Tourism", "Useful Contacts"; "Railroad-Related Museums in New Mexico", extensive notes, a glossary, a bibliography for further study, and a comprehensive index, The Train Stops Here documents the architectural impact that 19th century railroad companies had upon the developing New Mexico towns. A work of original scholarship that is also completely accessible for the non-specialist general reader, The Train Stops Here is especially recommended for personal, professional, and academic library reference collections in Architectural Studies, Western History, and American Railroading History.
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