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Glorieta Pass (elevation 7500 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico.[1]

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  1. 28 relations: American Civil War, Amtrak, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Battle of Glorieta Pass, BNSF Railway, Confederate States Army, El Capitan (train), Glorieta, New Mexico, Great Plains, Interstate 25, Mountain pass, New Mexico, New Mexico campaign, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos River, Railway semaphore signal, Rio Grande, Rocky Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Southwest Chief, Super Chief, Transcontinental railroad, U.S. Route 84, Union Army, United States.

  2. Mountain passes of New Mexico
  3. Mountain passes of the Rockies
  4. Rail mountain passes of the United States

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996.

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Battle of Glorieta Pass

The Battle of Glorieta Pass was fought March 26–28, 1862 in the northern New Mexico Territory, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Glorieta Pass and Battle of Glorieta Pass are Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.

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El Capitan (train)

The El Capitan was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.

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Glorieta, New Mexico

Glorieta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

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Great Plains

The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flatland in North America.

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Interstate 25

Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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New Mexico campaign

The New Mexico campaign was a military operation of the trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War from February to April 1862 in which Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley invaded the northern New Mexico Territory in an attempt to gain control of the Southwest, including the gold fields of Colorado and the ports of California.

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Pecos National Historical Park

Pecos National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in San Miguel County, New Mexico.

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Pecos River

The Pecos River (Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande.

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Railway semaphore signal

Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico, also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.

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Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains.

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Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County (Condado de Santa Fe; meaning Holy faith in Spanish) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County.

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Southwest Chief

The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and Glorieta Subdivision.

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Super Chief

The Super Chief was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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Transcontinental railroad

A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders.

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U.S. Route 84

U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–westUS 84 was signed north-south in parts of Colorado and New Mexico.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

Mountain passes of New Mexico

Mountain passes of the Rockies

Rail mountain passes of the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorieta_Pass

Also known as Glorieta Subdivision, Glorietta Pass.