Heading for potash
Once-quaint Carlsbad, New Mexico is that no more, the current oil & gas boom having converted its charm into a frenzy equal to that of a smash-and-grab robbery on 5th Avenue.
Once a pleasant drive up from Pecos, Texas, US285 has recently and rightfully earned the nickname of "The Highway of Death" due to the extreme volume of heavy truck traffic and oilfield workers hurrying about the process of raking in as much cash as possible, and the inevitable carnage that results from their haste and inattention while driving.
With its windows plated and grated over, former caboose now termed 'shoving platform' BN 12227P tags along behind the Potash Local as it leaves Carlsbad on its daily run to the mines in southeastern New Mexico's Loving County. With watercooler strapped securely to the walkway, and broom standing at the ready for any occasion, the old hack leaves town on a March 2021 morning and heads to work amid all the discarded ugliness that motorist on adjacent US285 can toss out their windows.
They will leave their mark, and not care.
When it's time to move on to the next boom, it will be someone else's problem.
Heading for potash
Once-quaint Carlsbad, New Mexico is that no more, the current oil & gas boom having converted its charm into a frenzy equal to that of a smash-and-grab robbery on 5th Avenue.
Once a pleasant drive up from Pecos, Texas, US285 has recently and rightfully earned the nickname of "The Highway of Death" due to the extreme volume of heavy truck traffic and oilfield workers hurrying about the process of raking in as much cash as possible, and the inevitable carnage that results from their haste and inattention while driving.
With its windows plated and grated over, former caboose now termed 'shoving platform' BN 12227P tags along behind the Potash Local as it leaves Carlsbad on its daily run to the mines in southeastern New Mexico's Loving County. With watercooler strapped securely to the walkway, and broom standing at the ready for any occasion, the old hack leaves town on a March 2021 morning and heads to work amid all the discarded ugliness that motorist on adjacent US285 can toss out their windows.
They will leave their mark, and not care.
When it's time to move on to the next boom, it will be someone else's problem.