The display at the Clovis-Carver Library will tell the story of the 713th Railway Operating Battalion which was trained for the war effort at Camp William C. Reid, located in the Clovis railyard south of the Santa Fe lines approximately across from Axtell St.
This battalion was nicknamed “The Santa Fe Battalion.” The Clovis Depot Model Train Museum will make three presentations to augment the display and educate visitors on three topics directly associated with railroad operations.
One topic will be presented on each second Saturday of the month and the cycle will repeat four times during the year. The first topic will be a history of the AT&SF and its contributions to New Mexico statehood. The second topic will be in two parts. One on communications and how the railroad spurred the developments from Morse Code to modern communications. The second on the development of the “time zone” system. The third topic will be how a steam locomotive works and why it is called a “Choo Choo.”
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