Navajo Mine and Railroad, mining status as of 2016
Overview
Status
Operating
Locale
San Juan County, New Mexico
Termini
South Terminals: coal load outs in the Navajo Mine
North Terminal: Four Corners Generating Station
Website
navenergy.com
Service
Type
Freight railroad for sub-bituminous coal
Services
push-pull operation between mine and power plant, 12 trains per day
Rolling stock
4 x GE E60 electric locomotives
3 x ALCO Century 420 diesel-electric locomotives
2 x trains, each with 21 coal hoppers
History
Opened
1974
Technical
Line length
13.3 miles (21.4 km)
Track length
17.8 miles (28.6 km)
Number of tracks
1
Character
single track main line two branches
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification
25 kV 60 Hz (AC) overhead catenary
Route map
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Legend
Wye
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Four Corner Power Plant
7 mi
Hosteen stockpile
Barber stockpile
14 mi
Lowe stockpile
The Navajo Mine is a surface coal mine owned and operated by Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) in New Mexico, United States, within the Navajo Nation. The mine is about 20.5 miles (33 km) southwest of Farmington, New Mexico. The Navajo Mine Railroad has 13.8 miles (22.2 km) of track between the Four Corners Generating Station and Navajo Mine.[1]
^Myrick, David F. (1990). New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey. University of New Mexico Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-8263-1185-6.
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