Hidalgo Smelter Railway Divide Crossing
USA /
New Mexico /
Lordsburg /
World
/ USA
/ New Mexico
/ Lordsburg
World / United States / New Mexico
railway, summit, abandoned / shut down
The Hidalgo Smelter and the railway to serve it were built for Phelps Dodge during the early 1970s. This is a 31 mile line starting at Separ on the former Southern Pacific mainline. The northern segment is in the Pacific drainage area while the southern portion drains toward the Gulf of Mexico. The elevation here reaches about 4525'. The smelter closed in 1999 and is being dismantled. America's railroads built 31 crossings over the Divide, of which 10 other crossings remain in use.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°4'40"N 108°32'57"W
- El Paso & Southwestern Divide Crossing 19 km
- Union Pacific Divide Crossing 29 km
- Union Pacific diesel engine storage 190 km
- Union Pacific Railroad Yards 227 km
- Abandoned Track-Bed 257 km
- Union Pacific Railyard 363 km
- Continental Divide, New Mexico - Campbell Pass 374 km
- Maricopa Live Steamers 383 km
- BNSF Gallup Yard 385 km
- Coal Transfer for Navajo Generating Station 531 km
- Brockman Hills 3.4 km
- Hidalgo County, New Mexico 8.8 km
- Coyote Hills 9 km
- Black Mountain 19 km
- Pyramid Peak 24 km
- Lordsburg Municipal Airport (LSB/KLSB) 31 km
- Banner Gold Mine 32 km
- Granite Gap 35 km
- Lordsburg Playa (Dry, pleistocene era lake) 41 km
- Summit Hills 62 km