Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls in for a station stop at La Plata as a storm pushes through to the east.

Just minutes out of Trinidad, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief works it's way up the eastside of Raton Pass as it passes through the small town of Starkville.

After dropping its passengers at Union Station, the eastbound Southwest Chief comes around the wye at Canal Street and prepares to back into the wash rack.

The westbound Southwest Chief makes it way through Brookfield at a slower than normal pace, crossing from main 1 to main 2 to run around a outbound Metra on Easter Sunday. The Phase IV heritage un... (more)

Running about three hours off its advertised schedule, westbound Amtrak train #3, The Southwest Chief, drops downgrade through Cajon Pass, where a light snow has fallen during the night.

A mismatched trio of GEs leads Amtrak's Southwest Chief train #4 at Fourth Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Flagstaff, Arizona. Six Material Handling Cars are positioned at the back of this 15 car tr... (more)

Amtrak’s train No. 4, the Southwest Chief, is traversing a scenic curve just east Cosnino at Milepost 331 near Flagstaff, Arizona, on April 20, 1990. The San Francisco Peaks dominate the backgro... (more)

While storm clouds build along the San Francisco Peaks, Amtrak's Southwest Chief train #4 descends Santa Fe's Seligman Sub in Arizona's Coconino National Forest.

Amtrak's #3, the Southwest Limited, crosses the Los Angeles River as it approaches its final destination at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal early in the morning in February 1974. A tr... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief heads east with the red cliffs of Western New Mexico in the background near Prewitt,NM on December 18, 2011. The next day, and exactly 1 year to the day that this was post... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 3, the Southwest Chief, slams over the east switch at Simpson, Colorado, on February 26, 1999. Trailing the three GE P42DCs is a baggage car, eight Superliners, a former F40PH rebui... (more)

The Southwest Chief knocks down the signal at MP 791.2 in Bernal at approx. 6200 ft. where it will continue its climb towards Glorietta at 7550 ft.

Amidst some stunning fall foliage, the Southwest Chief splits the blades at the east end of Watrous siding with the "Cimarron River" bringing up the rear.

Amtrak train #4, the Southwest Chief, is minutes into New Mexico as it speeds east towards its next station stop in Gallup,NM on 9/20/12.

Amtrak train #3,the Southwest Chief, led by Phase 3 painted heritage Unit #145, finds a sun break as it heads west under stormy skies near Bluewater,NM 9/2/12.