Route near
El Paso, Texas, circa 1968 Highways follow most of the route of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. Beginning in Tucson, Arizona,
Arizona State Route 80 (formerly
U.S. Route 80) largely parallels the railroad grade south to Douglas. State Route 80 then follows the old tracks northeast to
Rodeo, New Mexico. The tracks diverge from the highway here, and largely follow Gas Line Road until it intersects with
New Mexico State Road 9 near
Animas, New Mexico. State Road 9 runs next to or on top of the old railroad grade until it reaches El Paso, Texas. The Arizona & New Mexico spur of the railroad may be traced by following
U.S. Route 70 west from Lordsburg to its Junction with
U.S. Route 191, then north to Morenci, Arizona. The Mexican spur may be followed by beginning in Douglas, crossing the international border into Mexico, and following
Mexican Federal Highway 14 to Nacozari de García. The New Mexico & Northeastern parallels or is underneath
U.S. Route 54 from El Paso to Santa Rosa. The line then follows
Interstate 40 into Tucumcari NM and a connection to Chicago through the
Rock Island. The Dawson line can be followed on U.S. 54 to Logan NM, then on NM 39 to Abbott. 39 ends and the tracks continue northwesterly at
U.S. Route 412. By turning left onto 412, the driver follows that route into Springer NM to join I-25 N. to Maxwell. Take
New Mexico State Road 505 (which intersects Interstate 25 at
Maxwell, New Mexico) to
Colfax, New Mexico. The Dawson Road travels the remainder of the spur from Colfax to the ghost town of Dawson. As of 1905, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad had a route that connected from Dawson through
Roy,
Tucumcari,
Santa Rosa,
Vaughn,
Carrizozo,
Tularosa and
Alamogordo, New Mexico to
El Paso, Texas and
Douglas, Arizona, with spurs to
Deming and
Lordsburg. that later all became part of the Southern Pacific.
Historic buildings National Several El Paso and Southwestern buildings are on the
National Register of Historic Places. Among these are: •
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot at 419 W. Congress Street in Tucson, Arizona (built 1912–1913) •
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Passenger Depot-Douglas (also known as the Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot) at 14th Street and H Avenue in Douglas, Arizona; •
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad YMCA (also known as the Douglas YMCA) at 1000 Pan American Avenue in Douglas; and the Columbus, NM Museum at the intersection of NM State Routes 9 & 11.
Texas In 2006, the El Paso and Southwestern Freight Depot in El Paso, Texas, built in 1903 and designed by
Daniel Burnham, was placed on Preservation Texas's Most Endangered Places list. File:Tucson-El Paso and South Western Railroad Depot-1912-1.JPG|Exterior File:Tucson-El Paso and South Western Railroad Depot-1912-2.JPG|Interior ==Preserved and surviving locomotives==