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Waldo, New Mexico

Coordinates: 35°27′02″N 106°08′52″W / 35.45056°N 106.14778°W / 35.45056; -106.14778
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Waldo, New Mexico
Waldo sign along the BNSF tracks
Waldo sign along the BNSF tracks
Waldo, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Waldo, New Mexico
Waldo, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°27′02″N 106°08′52″W / 35.45056°N 106.14778°W / 35.45056; -106.14778
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountySanta Fe
Elevation5,640 ft (1,720 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code505
GNIS feature ID918402[1]

Waldo is a ghost town in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.[1]

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The community was created along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway just west of Cerrillos. Today little remains, although the name appears on a freeway exit on Interstate 25, some distance to the west. Today, Waldo is a siding along the line of the BNSF Railway, which is part of the former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Waldo was at the junction of the AT&SF main east–west line and the Madrid spur. There were coke ovens in Waldo, supplied by coal from Madrid. The spur itself no longer exists. The ovens were on the south side of the rail line, and the town on the north. The rail line parallels the Galisteo River.

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