Re: Driving Tour of the Chili Line and Farmington Branch?

I have poked along the Chili Line from south of Antonito, CO down to Barranca Hill. You can see most of the railway road bed along side of Hwy 285 driving south from Antonito on the east side of the highway, it does cross over around the San Antonio Mountain area. Before you get to the No Agua Peaks, it will cross over back on the east side of the highway. There was a station stop at No Agua just south of the Peaks, the location is on private property. At Tres Piedras, you can see the water tank still standing, although it is in bad shape. At Taos Junction where NM Hwy 567 intersects US 285, turn east and then immediately turn south on National Forrest road 557, it is on the old railroad grade. You can drive it all the way to Barranca Station, before it enters the canyon. You can hop the fence and follow the roadbed on foot down to the trestle site where there is remnants of the wreck (watch out for snakes in the area. Other station stops (Palmilla and Servietta) that I have visited are hard to get to if you don't know where to turn off the highway. Good luck