Pulling Into Lamy
by Karen Slagle
Title
Pulling Into Lamy
Artist
Karen Slagle
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Textures were added to give an artistic feel.
The Amtrak station in Lamy was built in the 1880s of stucco and brick in the California Mission-style by the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway). The station building is used by Amtrak, Santa Fe Southern (SFS), and a restaurant owner who subleases space in the bulding from SFS for his kitchen. SFS also rents the lobby for private events outside Amtrak's hours of operation.
Lamy’s original name was Galisteo Junction. It was later changed to Lamy in honor of Jean- Baptiste Lamy, the first archbishop of the American Territorial period. He brought some structure and religion to the region and played a major role in the development of the region.
The Santa Fe originally planned to run from Atchison, Kansas to Santa Fe and then west. As the track building continued into New Mexico, the civil engineers realized that the terrain around Santa Fe made this an impossible undertaking. The line was built through Lamy instead, and a spur line was built from Lamy to Santa Fe. Fred Harvey chose to build a luxury hotel here, El Ortiz, and it remained open until 1942.
The growth of the railroad industry resulted in the same development in Lamy, but as the industry declined so did the need for railroad workers in this area and the population suffered. Today, Lamy is a lovely small village and the station is the transfer point for passengers going to Santa Fe or Los Alamos.
Amtrak provides ticketing and baggage services at this facility, which is served by two daily trains.
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March 19th, 2015
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Comments (50)
Reynold Jay
Love the special effect that gives this a ton of mood Karen. You did well! Beautiful and well done. FAVORITE!
Dawn Senior-Trask
Love the feeling you have achieved with this resonant and outstanding image! Fabulous work! fav
Bill OConnor
...terrific Karen; revisiting. reminds me of my hippie days wandering through New Mexico. l/f
Mary Machare
Love the tones and textures in this gorgeous capture of trains, open spaces and anticipation of new adventures. LF
Laurie Search
What a great scene, with such beautiful tones, and I love all those big clouds over the mountains!!!! :)))vf
Toni Abdnour
Beautiful textures that give this image another dimension and a new story to tell. l/f/tw
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