[CedarDave]

It's a little late to be questioning the purchase. The facts were known as far back as 2005 (see previous FR articles with the keyword Richardson's Railroad).

As mentioned in yesterday's posting (State Ends Up With 200 Miles of Track It Can't Use (NM-Richardson's Railroad)), the track is only used by Amtrak for its once-a-day each way Southwest Chief. BNSF has stopped its freight train service on the route and all trains go via Belen-Clovis-Amarillo on their fast double-track transcon.

As highlighted above DOT officials say that Amtrak's contribution to the yearly $6 million maintenance costs would be about $200,000 once the state takes ownership of the track which means that NM would have to pony up $5.8 million from the strained road repair fund.

[CedarDave]

NM list PING!

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[CedarDave]

As true today as it was three and five years ago:

Journal editorial cartoon, December 11, 2005:

ABQ Journal, 09-09-07:

ABQ Journal, 11-25-07:

[Spitzensparkin1]

Richardsons railroad to nowhere. Great we already have his spaceport to nowhere and now this.

All the while he is a speaker in Cancun, Mexico, selling UN globalist climate treaties instead of cleaning out desk in Santa Fe. I want to know how he got to Cancun anyway. Did he take his(tax funded) new governors jet? Anyone?

Thanks to CedarDave for watching this.