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2023 Vacation, 27 July, Arizona to Gallup and Albuquerque, NM
We awoke on the SW Chief in eastern Arizona, having already made the Winslow stop. I shot some video and photos out the window, including video of us crossing from Arizona to New Mexico according to signs on adjacent I-40 the old US Route 66.
I got out briefly at Gallup, New Mexico for fresh air, but it was a short stop. In 1983, I'd boarded the westbound Chief (or SW Limited) in Gallup to return home after a week or so of train watchiing and sightseeing with friends in the Rocky Mountain region.
In 2017, Anne and I rode the Chief to Albuquerque in route to Santa Fe, where we had an enjoyable vacation. I knew that the Chief had a long servicing stop in Albuquerque, so I had plenty of time to walk forward and discover that Pepsi Can heritage P42 #160 was our second unit. I also shot a Railrunner train awaiting its departure time for Santa Fe.
The Chief had 2 P42s, baggage, 3 coaches, lounge, diner and 2 sleepers. In pre-Covid times, a transition sleeper would have been between the baggage car and coaches, but these days, the lounge and diner crew just has space in one of the sleepers. The coaches had a fair number of Scouts going to Philmont Scout Ranch, near Raton, and that might be the reason for 3 coaches on our train. I got the impression that the Chief normally has 2 coaches and 2 sleepers, a far cry from Santa Fe's summer separate Super-El Caps.
Amtrak, and before Amtrak, Santa Fe, used to wash windows at Albuquerque, but I see that is a service that has been lost with post Covid cutbacks. I cleaned windows on our lower level sleeper room at various stops.
West Coal Avenue | Gallup | New Mexico | USA
35°31'38" N 108°44'34" W
In 2005 the City of Gallup commissioned a mural project to beautify and capture the area’s heritage and history. The result is nine amazing murals within easy walking distance of each other in the downtown area.
Located on the Ceremonial Building on Coal Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street, artist Irving Bahe uses the Navajo Beauty way concept to depict the unity and life that the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial brings.
Yakov Smolyanov feeds the fish at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor on a peaceful Saturday morning last month.