Curling down through the curves at Wootton, Amtrak's Southwest Chief retraces the path of some very famous trains.
Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, glides into Blanchard, NM for a late meet with Amtrak 4. The SLSF "Cimarron River", chartered by the St. Louis NRHS, brings up the rear of the train.
Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, approaches the east portal of Raton Tunnel at Wootton, CO with the former Frisco car, Cimarron River in tow. The St. Louis NRHS chapter chartered the Cimarron River ... (more)
Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief climbs Raton Pass at Wootton, Colorado, on March 6, 2005. Two deadhead Superliner cars up front make for a strange looking train…
Santa Fe's SD-40-2 5086 gets an assist from three Kodachrome painted units, two GEs and an EMD, lifting hotshot Q train KCEP up the 3% north side of Raton Pass at Wootton, less than a mile from th... (more)
Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief enters the Wootton Curve, made famous by AT&SF publicity photos of yore.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief climbs the grades of Raton Pass, N.M., leaving Colorado.
