railwayhistorical reblogged
Benson, Arizona
The Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route goes through Benson, but it’s also interesting in that the ATSF originally built south from the SP toward Mexico at this point. The first image was taken on the wye track where the ATSF connected with the Southern Pacific.
The ATSF had trackage rights over the Southern Pacific from Deming westward to Benson with the intention of becoming a transcontinental through Mexico. That’s Mount Glenn in the background of the second image.
Two images by Richard Koenig; taken October 26th 2018.
Re-upping a few posts from my brief time in the Gadsden Purchase area a little over four years ago.