The Southwest Chief passes crossover work at East Lisle in preparation for Belmont Ave crossing work. A loaded coal train has just crept by east on main 2.

Amtrak #3 "The Southwest Chief" up from its last stop in Albuquerque and on its way west. The 4 unit power lash up has 3 different Amtrak units.

Amtrak #4 "The Southwest Chief" crossing over and onto the Glorieta sub at Dalies on its way to Albuquerque the next stop.

A very late Amtrak #3, the Italic Southwest Chief (or was it the Southwest Limited in 1979?) blasts through San Dimas on its way to Los Angeles. Led by a trio of EMD SDP40Fs, the tr... (more)

Amtrak #3, The Southwest Chief, heads west towards Albuquerque. What is interesting in this shot is the long line of mail cars trailing the passenger consist - The Chief "hauled the mail" for many... (more)

Eastbound Southwest Chief passing the old Mission at McCartys.

The Eastbound Southwest Chief passes McCartys.NM. I was concerned that the westbound freight would block our view, but all turned out ok.

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief, running nearly 12 hours late, makes a rare appearance with a sunlit nose through the Santa Ana Canyon.

Southwest Chief pulls beside National Limited in the third busiest rail center in the country. All of this vintage passenger equipment will soon be replaced with Superliners and the National Limit... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief highballs west, with five BNSF business cars deadheading on the end.

Westbound Southwest Chief is on the advertised as it races through the desert at Rosario, NM. Unfortunately, both locomotives failed in Albuquerque, which was not surprising given the oil that was... (more)

The Southwest Chief is rocketing along jointed rail as it splits the semaphores at Colmor, NM. Yes, these classic signals are still standing, but for how much longer?

Amtrak P42 164 leads the westbound Southwest Chief through LaVergne as a westbound manifest with a pair of SD75Ms approaches.

The eastbound Southwest Chief cruises past the red cliffs near Coolidge approaching the Continental Divide on the Gallup Sub.