sentences:  Some grading for the trackbed was done (still visible at places near the western mouth) but tracks were never laid in the canyon, and the project was abandoned in 1908.The name "Tijeras" means "scissors" in Spanish, and the name is said to come from the junction of two tributary canyons, or perhaps of two roads.The name is most properly applied only the small village, Tijeras, at the junction, as the original name of the canyon was "Cañon de Carnué".