Harold F. Stewart Madrid, NM Water Train Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2021-009
Scope and Contents
Harold F. Stewart, railroad engineer and photographer, photographed one of the final water supply runs of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway water train in its 10 mile round trip between Madrid, NM and Waldo, NM on June 16, 1958.
The equipment in these images was owned or leased from the ATSF by the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company. Engine 769 and Engine 870, as well as the tank car 96226, were owned by the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company, and other equpment was leased from the ATSF railroad. The equipment which was owned by the Coal company was not re-lettered, and carried the ATSF reporting marks and numbers. Tank car 96226 was also lettered on the center sill "leased to A&C Coal Co". In 1959, rail operations ceased.
6-17-1960 ICC Abandonment Filings Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway App. for auth. to abandon a line of railroad and operaion therof, know as the "Cerrillos Coal Line" or Waldo Track No. 2 extdg. from M.P. 0+ 1740 ft., a pont on said Track No. 2 at Waldo to Madrid, a total length of approx. 5 miles.
Sources complied, with comments, by John B. Moore, Jr. and Joseph P. Hereford, Jr.; 10-8-2021.
The equipment in these images was owned or leased from the ATSF by the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company. Engine 769 and Engine 870, as well as the tank car 96226, were owned by the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company, and other equpment was leased from the ATSF railroad. The equipment which was owned by the Coal company was not re-lettered, and carried the ATSF reporting marks and numbers. Tank car 96226 was also lettered on the center sill "leased to A&C Coal Co". In 1959, rail operations ceased.
6-17-1960 ICC Abandonment Filings Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway App. for auth. to abandon a line of railroad and operaion therof, know as the "Cerrillos Coal Line" or Waldo Track No. 2 extdg. from M.P. 0+ 1740 ft., a pont on said Track No. 2 at Waldo to Madrid, a total length of approx. 5 miles.
Sources complied, with comments, by John B. Moore, Jr. and Joseph P. Hereford, Jr.; 10-8-2021.
Dates
- 1958
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.
Biography
Harold F. Stewart was a very active photographer during the mid-twentieth century. His job was with the Pacific Electric Railway and then the Southern Pacific Company when the two merged. He was first a motorman with the PE, working the Northern District in passenger service. Those lines were discontinued in 1950 and he went into freight service.
Stewart had been making black and white railroad photographs from the mid-1930s, along with friends Phillips Kauke and William Schaefer. All three men were members of the Railroad Boosters, the first organized railfan club in Southern California.
Stewart and his wife traveled all over the west in the late 1950s to capture, in color and black-and-white, as many of the remaining steam railroads as they could find.
He passed away in 2005 and left his collection to Stan Kistler to be distributed for future generations to see and appreciate his efforts.
Source: Stan Kistler, Grass Valley, CA (before 2021)
Stewart had been making black and white railroad photographs from the mid-1930s, along with friends Phillips Kauke and William Schaefer. All three men were members of the Railroad Boosters, the first organized railfan club in Southern California.
Stewart and his wife traveled all over the west in the late 1950s to capture, in color and black-and-white, as many of the remaining steam railroads as they could find.
He passed away in 2005 and left his collection to Stan Kistler to be distributed for future generations to see and appreciate his efforts.
Source: Stan Kistler, Grass Valley, CA (before 2021)
Extent
26 plus items (1 folder) : 25 slides, 1 postcard, 1 PowerPoint printout ; 35mm 2 x 2 in slides
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
June 16, 1958, Harold F. Stewart, railroad engineer and photographer, photographed one of the final water supply runs of the AT & SF water train in its 10 mile round trip between Madrid, NM and Waldo, NM.
Physical Location
Collection shelved in Pictorial Small Collections, Box 11.
Digital Format Available
A majority of the Madrid Water Train collection is available through New Mexico Digital Collections, reproducing much of the Moore & Hereford research and slide presentation.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Harold F. Stewart Madrid, NM Water Train Photograph Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Cindy Abel Morris
- Date
- © 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451