The following railroads operate in the US state of New Mexico.
Common freight carriers
- Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- New Mexico Central Railroad (NMC)
- Santa Fe Southern Railway (SFSR)
- Santa Teresa Southern Railroad (STS)
- Southwestern Railroad (SW)
- Texas and New Mexico Railroad (TXN)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Private freight carriers
- Escalante Western Railway
- Navajo Mine Railroad
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
- New Mexico Rail Runner Express (NMRX)
Defunct railroads
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway
|
|SP
|1898
|1937
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Albuquerque Eastern Railway
|
|ATSF
|1901
|1908
|New Mexico Central Railroad
|
|-
|Arizona and Colorado Railroad
|
|SP
|1904
|1910
|Arizona Eastern Railroad
|
|-
|Arizona Eastern Railroad
|
|SP
|1904
|1955
|Southern Pacific Company
|
|-
|Arizona and New Mexico Railway
|
|SP
|1883
|1935
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1878<!--leased the New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad-->
|1895
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|ATSF
|ATSF
|1895
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1866
|1897
|Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Burro Mountain Railroad
|
|SP
|1909
|1934
|N/A
|
|-
|Cerrillos Coal Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1892
|1901
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Choctaw Railway
|
|RI
|1903
|1903
|Chicago, Rock Island and El Paso Railway
|
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and El Paso Railway
|
|RI
|1900
|1910
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|RI, ROCK
|RI
|1948
|1980
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|RI
|RI
|1910
|1947
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Cimarron and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1907
|1930
|N/A
|-
|Clifton and Lordsburg Railway
|
|SP
|1883
|1883
|Arizona and New Mexico Railway
|
|-
|Colorado and Southern Railway
|C&S, CS
|CB&Q
|1898
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Cuba Extension Railroad
|
|
|1923
|1927
|Santa Fe Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Dawson Railway
|
|SP
|1901
|1955
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1886
|1921
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Railway
|
|DRGW
|1870<!--or later in NM?-->
|1886
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|D&RG, D&RGW, DRGW
|DRGW
|1920
|1970
|Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
|-
|Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887<!--or later in NM?-->
|1890
|Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
|-
|Eastern Railway of New Mexico
|
|ATSF
|1902
|1912
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|El Paso and Northeastern Railway
|
|SP
|1897
|1937
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
|-
|El Paso and Rock Island Railway
|
|SP
|1900
|1955
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|El Paso and Southwestern Company
|
|SP
|1908
|1924
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad<!--it appears that the EP&SWRR leased the EP&NE etc. on January 1, 1924 and the SP leased them on October 31, 1924-->
|-
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
|
|SP
|1902<!--or 1901 in NM?-->
|1955
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|FWD
|CB&Q
|1981<!--leased ex-C&S from BN-->
|1982
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Hanover Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1899
|1900
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Lordsburg and Hachita Railroad
|
|SP
|1901
|1911
|Arizona and New Mexico Railway
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|MP
|MP
|1978
|1989
|Texas – New Mexico Railroad
|-
|New Mexican Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1882
|1899
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|New Mexican Railway Company
|Unknown
|Unknown
|1860
|1865?
|Unknown
|Incorporated Feb 2, 1860; Memorial... in Relation to the Pacific Railroad - May 21, 1860
|-
|New Mexico Central Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1908
|1918
|New Mexico Central Railway
|-
|New Mexico Central Railway
|
|ATSF
|1918
|1972
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|New Mexico Gateway Railroad
|NMGR
|
|2001
|2006
|N/A
|-
|New Mexico Midland Railway
|
|
|1904
|1931
|none, route abandoned
|hauled coal from Carthage to San Antonio, NM
|-
|Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1880
|1899
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Extension Company
|
|ATSF
|1881
|1881
|Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad
|
|
|1895
|1914
|N/A
|
|-
|Rio Grande and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1895
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
|-
|Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1903
|1924<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Rocky Mountain and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1915
|1943
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railway
|
|ATSF
|1905
|1915
|Rocky Mountain and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|SSW
|SP
|1980
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Pacific Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1900
|1901
|Santa Fe Central Railway
|
|-
|Santa Fe Central Railway
|
|ATSF
|1901
|1908
|New Mexico Central Railroad
|
|-
|Santa Fe Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1920
|1941
|N/A
|
|-
|Santa Fe Northern Railroad
|
|
|1927
|1928
|Santa Fe, San Juan and Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1897
|1902
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Santa Fe, Raton and Des Moines Railroad
|
|
|1906
|1914
|N/A
|Operated by Santa Fe, Raton and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Santa Fe, Raton and Eastern Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1906
|1924
|Rocky Mountain and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Santa Fe, San Juan and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1928
|1941<!--??-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Santa Fe Southern Railway (19th-century "Chili Line")
|
|DRGW
|1889
|1895
|Rio Grande and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|-
|Santa Fe Southern Railway (21st century)
|
|SFS
|1992
|2014
|N/A
|
|-
|Santa Rita Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1897
|1900
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Silver City, Deming and Pacific Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1882
|1899
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Silver City and Northern Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1891
|1899
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Southern Pacific Railroad
|
|SP
|1879
|1955
|Southern Pacific Company
|
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|SP
|SP
|1885
|1969
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|
|-
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|SP
|SP
|1969
|1998
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Southwestern Railroad of New Mexico
|
|SP
|1901
|1902
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
|
|-
|Texas–New Mexico Railway
|TNM
|MP
|1927<!--in NM too?-->
|1978
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Texas, Santa Fe and Northern Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1880
|1884<!--??-->
|Santa Fe Southern Railway
|
|-
|Tierra Amarilla Southern Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1892<!--?-->
|1902<!--?-->
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
|-
|Tucumcari and Memphis Railway
|
|RI
|1909
|1910
|Chicago, Rock Island and El Paso Railway
|
|-
|Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1890
|1898
|Colorado and Southern Railway
|
|}
;Private
- Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad
- United States Potash Railroad
;Electric
- Albuquerque Traction Company
- Citizens' Traction Company
- City Electric Company
- Las Vegas Railway and Power Company
- Las Vegas and Hot Springs Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
- Las Vegas Transit Company
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in New Mexico (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2005.