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

Number 3 slows for its station stop at Mendota as it passes the "Welcome" sign.

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 3 with P42DC 186 pointing splits an old Santa Fe semaphore south of Bernalillo, New Mexico. The train is ten miles from Albuquerque. Many thanks to the police officer who was kind enough to... (more)

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

Amtrak #3 departed Chicago with two operating P42DCs (93 and 116) and one dead-heading unit (113). By the time #3 got to Colorado, 116 had died, and 113 could not be started, so FURX SD40-2 8130 w... (more)

With a borrowed BNSF C44-9W on the point (itself in place of a FURX lease unit that was added and subsequently removed at some point in its westward journey), Amtrak train #3, the Southwest Chief,... (more)

Over eight hours late, and with a BNSF Dash 9 leading, the Southwest Chief heads through Commerce. One of the P42s (113) was "Dead in Consist." When the second unit (116) broke down in route, at... (more)

With a borrowed BNSF C44-9W on the point (itself in place of a FURX lease unit added at some point in its westward journey), Amtrak train #3, the Southwest Chief, arrives at the Fullerton, Ca. Amt... (more)

The Southwest Chief cruises west at track speed over the bridge at Media, IL on the Chilli Sub.

Amtrak Southwest Chief #3 arrives into Pasadena on a sunny morning in July of 1991 with plenty of mail handling cars up front. The 231 is now preserved and being refurbished at the Brooklyn Roun... (more)

Amtrak #3, the Southwest Limited, arrives in Barstow, California, on a frigid December 16, 1972. A freight, led by GP35 3434, waits for the passenger train to depart before it resumes its ... (more)

The best "face" in railroading ... On the morning of October 22, 1972, Santa Fe F7A 311L takes a well deserved rest after completing its run on the point of Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest L... (more)

Running several hours off the advertised, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief starts down Cajon Pass at Summit with a rare November snowfall blanketing the surrounding landscape.

Amtrak P42 89 leads the outbound Southwest Chief west through LaVergne.