Tucumcari, New Mexico is one of those small cities with hundreds of motels and little else. We continued west on I-40, but at Clines Corners we got off the Interstate and drove north to Santa Fe along US 285. Santa Fe is certainly a tourist trap, but it has many fascinating buildings and most important for us – it is one of the “hometowns” of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. The old Santa Fe no longer owns the tracks into the city, but it is still used by shortline Santa Fe Southern both for freight and most important – hauling tourists.
In Tucumcari we met the old Route 66 but didn’t pay much attention to it until we reached Albuquerque. On our way to Gallup we almost forgot the railroad tracks, but because the highway and the railroad are parallell to each other most of the way, we did stop to get some nice shots of several Santa Fe hot shots. In Gallup we decided to have cheap night (under $30) and stayed at the Thunderbird (!) Motel which wasn’t the best in town…
Gallup, New Mexico
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