David L. Gallup, a paymaster for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, established a headquarters along the construction right-of-way in 1880. The railroad workers began "going to Gallup" to get their pay; thus a town was born and named in 1881. Train 875 stops for a crew change at Gallup on July 25, 1988. The train has engines 4017, 4001, and 5040. In 1989, Gallup was eliminated as a crew change point and crews ran 260 miles between Belen and Winslow. Gallup is at milepost 158 at an elevation of 6,510 feet.

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