Somewhere in the West

Continuing my month-long series of posts on New Mexico and the Great Divide: this is the former Santa Fe Railway between Hatch and Deming. I've noticed that the ATSF had these tanks that sat directly on the ground like this one. Florida Peak, twenty miles distant, in the background, was striking when seen at this distance.

Great Divide on the Southern Pacific

While I posted what I *thought* was the Great Divide along the Southern Pacific Daylight Route before (here), this is the correct spot as per the USGS. This locale is to be found just east of the bridge at Exit 55 on I-10 between Lordsburg and Deming, New Mexico.

As stated in the earlier post: the highway department erected a sign announcing the Divide two miles east of this spot, and one can't really notice this is the pass at all, as it's super flat all around. Hence the need for a close read of a detailed USGS map.