Another day, another westbound Chief through the small town of Chappelle, NM as monsoonal moisture builds overhead. Four Los Angeles natives are tagging along for the trip through semaphore land, ... (more)

The Milky Way is apparent looming over the MP 783 intermediates on a clear Summer night in 2020 along the BNSF Glorieta Subdivision near Chapelle, New Mexico.

With the sun fading over the New Mexico Desert, Amtrak #4 heads east to Chicago. The train knocks down a set of almost 100 year old semaphores, dating back to the steam era.

Amtrak South West Chief splits signals at east siding switch Chappel.

Amtrak 3 splits the northernmost semaphores on the Raton Sub east of Colmor.

With scattered storms looming in the distance, the westbound Southwest Chief snakes its way past the intermediate blades at MP 783.2. Passengers riding the conductor's side of the train get to enj... (more)

Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, prepares to knock down a clear signal at the eastern end of the siding at Chapelle, NM as it continues west through "The Land of Enchantment.&q... (more)

An important goal of my trip to the Cumbres and Toltec for Rotary Snowplow event, was to catch some of the semaphores before they disappeared. Of course that means the Southwest Chief is the only... (more)

Amtrak #3 'The Southwest Chief' cruises past the ATSF semaphores at ESS Chapelle on BNSF's Raton Subdivision.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief makes an on-time appearance through Chapelle, New Mexico, as it splits through the classic ATSF semaphore signals.

After crossing Tecolote Creek, Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits a pair of classic semaphore signals in the desolate high-deserts of Northeastern New Mexico. These intermediate signals at mile post ... (more)

Racing along the old Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe mainline, Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits a pair of classic semaphore signals at East Chapelle. Today, BNSF's Glorieta and Raton Subdivisions are... (more)

Like a scene from the history books, Amtrak's Southwest Chief races past the classic code lines and semaphore signals at ESS Chapelle. Passengers aboard the Chief are witnessing incredible scenery... (more)

Starvation Semaphores. In a classic Santa Fe scene, the Southwest Chief races through the desert ranch lands of Chapelle, New Mexico. Even in 2020, Chapelle Siding is still protecte... (more)

The eastbound Chief splits the semaphores at the west end of Chapelle siding.