Mining Railroads of New Mexico
From PacificNG
Mining Railroads.
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