ATSF Vaughn Depot

: Vaughn, NM. Sep. 12, 2015

This former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway depot is found at 8th St, Vaughn, NM.

Vaughn, incorporated in 1919, is a town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico with a population of 867 according to the 1970 Census, 446 according to the 2010 Census. It was named after an ATSF civil engineer Major G. W. Vaughn.

According to Marci L. Riskin, the two-story Spanish Mission style depot covered in stucco with red tile roof was built in 1908[1]. Myron H. Church designed the structure made of concrete under the supervision of ATSF chief engineer[2].

It was once accompanied with the Las Chaves Harvey House, a hotel, a turntable and a roundhouse, composing a division point. The structure is still in use by BNSF: lights at the window after dark.

revised, Oct. 25, 2017

[1] The book The Train Stops Here preview page;
[2] Bohi, Charles W., (1987) "Stations on the Santa Fe Belen Cutoff" Feb. 1987 Prototype Modeler;

: postcard maybe printed in the 10's


Vaughnはニューメキシコ州にある人口400人余りの町である。ATSFのTransconルートおよびSPのGolden State ルートの交点にできた町で、かつてはATSFの機関区やHarvey Houseもあり、それなりに賑わっていた。今はすっかり寂れている。

1908年建築の比較的大きな駅舎は保線詰め所として用いられているようで、夜には窓に灯りが点っていた。この辺りの区間は最近複線化されたばかりでまだ付帯工事が残っているのか、筆者が泊まったモーテルの隣室前にもGREX Real Rail Solutionsと書かれた大きな工事用トラックが停まっていた。