This is a photograph showing an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway straddle buggy pulling the second pair of welded rails on a curve 1/2 mile from French, New Mexico, at the point where the 37.5 mile York Canyon coal line intersects the main line.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's straddle buggy pulls welded rails near French, New Mexico - 2