Re: RR Structures between Farmington and Durango

The first bridge over the Animas River in New Mexico was still in place when I left San Juan County in 1992. It was purchased from San Juan County by a local landowner. The second and third birdges in the Cedar Hill area were scrapped.
The fourth bridge in new Mexico was purchased by San Juan County Major Domo Tom Bolack, who moved one of the spans to his ranch east of Farmington. A steam train was planned but nothing came of it.
The second span on the bridge near Floa Vista was still in place in 1992.
The remaining bridge of the five Animas River crossing on the Farmington Branch was just south of the Bondad Tank in Colorado.
BTW conductor McHolland of the Cumbres train register fame was a regular on the branch before going to the San Juan. Alva Lyons recounted a story of being a brakeman on the train ``Mr. McHolland was the conductor.'' The story involved derailed tank cars.