Zuni Mountain Railroads Cibola National Forest, New Mexico

These additional figures include more views of the railroads and other aspects of logging in the Zuni Mountains. The costs of publication prevent us from being able to include every photograph found in the files of the authors and of the USDA—Forest Service. There are probably also many more views in private hands and unknown to the authors.

Figure 53. A Santa Fe Railway train at Guam, New Mexico, in the era before steel coaches. The locomotive was No. 482, built in 1900 by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. Loggers boarded similar trains at Thoreau to reach Albuquerque and points east. They would likely have ridden in the "smoker," the old and slightly decrepit car seen here as the third in line, which was reserved for working men and smokers. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 54. Loading logs near Sawyer. The vertical boiler and donkey engine of the loader may be seen on the right. The loader boom did not swing to the side, requiring the logs to be yarded as close to the railroad track as possible. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 55. Loading stopped for the photographer in this image, taken circa 1908 near Sawyer. The obvious casual attitude with regard to the heavy load and the lack of safety equipment would not be allowed by modern safety engineers. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 57. The Climax gear-drive locomotive, Zuni Mountain Railroad Number 8, heads for camp with loads of logs. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 59. Laying track for the Zuni Mountain Railway on freshly graded roadbed. Logs had already been yarded to both sides of the new spur track ready for loading on the cars. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 60. Stacked logs burning near Sawyer, circa 1908. Fires such as this were frequently started by sparks from the locomotives and loaders. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 61. Tree "car tanks"—railway mechanics—working on an arch-bar freight car truck at Kettner, circa 1908. This type of truck, bolted together of individual parts, was soon superseded by massive cast trucks. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 62. Winter view of the Sawyer roundhouse, circa 1908-1913. One of the American Lumber Company log loaders was spotted nearby, probably for repairs and maintenance during the slow winter months. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 63. An old Santa Fe Railway freight locomotive on the Zuni Mountain Railway. This is probably Number 2303, an 1882 Hinkley leased or borrowed by the logging railroad circa 1906-1908. (John Bigley collection)

Figure 64. The logging camp at Sawyer on the American Lumber Company holdings. A wide variety of building construction was apparent, including some structures intended for haulage on railroad cars. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 65. Zuni Mountain Railway track gang comprised mostly of Navajo Indians. The track is not yet ballasted, and is laid on a newly graded roadbed. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 66. Scaling logs for the American Lumber Company. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 67. A discarded locomotive brake shoe found along the Pine Canyon railroad of the George E. Breece Lumber Company. The show is typical of those used on Shay locomotives. (By David "A" Gillio. USDA-Forest Service photograph)

Figure 68. A tent logging camp, probably in the American Lumber Company times. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 69. Tent camp in winter, probably on the American Lumber Company. (Cibola National Forest collection)

Figure 72. Fourth of July celebration at McGaffey, 1921. In the background can be seen the tracks of the McGaffey Company railroad beginning their climb up Train Canyon on the route to Perea. The structure in the left rear was the sawdust conveyor from the sawmill out of sight to the left. (Susan Clark Kirk collection. Gallup Public Library Photo Archives #1320)