Open Hours
Thursday - Saturday:
10 am - 4 pm

Location
The Depot is located at 351 N. Mesilla St., at the intersection of Las Cruces Ave. and Mesilla St. Traveling west on Amador Ave. from Alameda; turn right on Mesilla St. before the railroad tracks.  Or: take Las Cruces Ave. west until it ends at Mesilla St.
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Contact Us
Phone: (575) 647-4480

Assistant Manager
Rebecca Slaughter
rslaughter@las-cruces.org

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The Depot
The Las Cruces Railroad Museum is located in the historic Santa Fe Depot at 351 Mesilla St. at the intersection of Las Cruces Ave.  The museum interprets the impact of the railroad on the Mesilla Valley and Las Cruces. Guided tours, field trips and public programs are held throughout the year.

Admission
Admission to the Las Cruces Railroad is FREE.
The museum is accessible and open to the public.

The first Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe (AT&SF) train arrived in Las Cruces on April 26, 1881. Passenger service continued in Las Cruces until 1968. The first depot in Las Cruces was a wood frame building that was later moved on flatcars down the line to La Tuna (present day Anthony, TX). In 1910, the present Mission Revival style depot was completed. The railroad lengthened the freight section in 1961. Freight trains stopped service to Las Cruces in 1988.

The Depot was purchased by the City of Las Cruces in 1992. The "live" tracks, west of the depot, are presently owned and operated by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company. Freight trains still use the tracks, and all week long trains come from El Paso, Albuquerque and points beyond, delivering and picking up train cars for local and regional businesses.

For more information on the Railroad Era in Las Cruces, please visit the Las Cruces: Crossroads of History website.