Southern Pacific train symbol HOWCQ at Lordsburg, NM

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Southern Pacific train symbol HOWCQ at Lordsburg, NM

Train symbol HOWCQ pauses at Lordsburg, NM for a crew change on April 19, 1995. It has engines 8129, 8102, and 8079 with 62 loads and 16 empties at 8,064 tons. Southern Pacific steam engines used coal from a mine at the very end of the El Paso Southwestern at Dawson, NM, near the present York Canyon coal mine. The SP had coaling towers spaced out about every 50 to 70 miles.

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