In Search of Searchlights: A late running Amtrak Southwest Chief, bound for Los Angeles, accelerates out of Riverside. As it rounds the curve west of the station, the train passes one of the last sets of Union Switch and Signal type H2 "Searchlight" signals on the busy BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision. With more internal moving components than modern counterparts, many of these signals have been replaced in recent years.
California-bound rail travelers from the east have three choices to reach the Golden State: California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle. A look back through the years including the now-defunct Desert Wind
