Mining Railroads of New Mexico

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Mining Railroads.

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U.S. Potash Company.
36in Gauge. Constructed to move potash from deposits east of Carlsbad to the refinery to the south where the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected by way of a 5 mile spur to Loving. Regular operations ceased in 1967 and the railroad was later scrapped by 1974. Loving Area, Eddy County. 1932 - 1974