(Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, April 4, 2012)
SANTA FE (AP) – Twice a day, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief pulls into the sleepy railroad depot in Lamy, N.M. The rest of the day, the station, part of the transportation network that links Northern New Mexico to the rest of the country, is deserted.
Train advocate Ford Robbins has been following the saga of the Southwest Chief for years.
He’s the kind of guy who gets Trains magazine delivered to his house. He rides trains wherever he travels, if at all possible, often renting a car at the other end for the final leg of his journey. His daughter and two of his grandchildren visited last week from Illinois, and, of course, rode Amtrak both ways.
Full story: Las Cruces Sun-News