The SSLV is private property with human owners. It is not an abandoned industrial site. There has been a considerable amount of damage done by "railfans". they have stolen exhaust stacks, horns, etc. off the D-500, they have broken windows out of the D-500 and they have done all kinds of damage. These thiefs have even stolen handles off switch stands.
The D-500 did run until these goons and thiefs entered the property and stole equipment off it. These thefts investigated by the Costilla County Sheriff's office. entering the property is at the tresspassers risk, as tresspassers will be prosecuted. This property is not abandoned and it and the equipment is not up for "preservation". "Railfans" are their own worst enemies when it comes to railroad property.