Nearing the end of its trip through New Mexico's open plains, Amtrak train number 4, the Southwest Chief, is seen fast approaching the final set of Semaphores at milepost 706. From here it will be... (more)
Amtrak 3 highballs the semaphores in Colmor, NM at MP 706.2 on the Raton Subdivision.
On June 16, 2020, after descending Raton Pass, this loaded ballast train led by BNSF ES44DC No. 7343 comes to a stop at the signal at East Raton, New Mexico, where they will get talked by the sign... (more)
Amtrak 153 leads the westbound Southwest Chief through the switch at East Keota. The train has just gone through the tunnel at the top of Raton Pass and has begun its decent towards the open plain... (more)
BNSF 7966 leads an empty work train towards Trinidad after dumping ballast between Watrous and Onava the previous day.
After meeting its westbound counterpart at Blanchard, Amtrak 163 leads the eastbound Southwest Chief through the Semaphores at ESS Ojita
Running 2 hours late, BNSF 8650 leads the Southwest Chief through the northernmost set of Semaphores in Northern New Mexico. The train encountered locomotive issues in Kansas requiring a BNSF loco... (more)
Amtrak train number 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, splits the blades at milepost 791.2
BNSF 7274 is in charge of a 3+2 westbound manifest sailing through McCartys, NM - a short distance east of Grants. Although this has been CTC railroad for many years, it is still generally left-ha... (more)
On a cool and stormy March afternoon, the RailRunner Express races through the canyon lands north of Rosario, New Mexico. This particular section of trackage was built in the 1970s, after the crea... (more)
Blue hour is upon Abo Canyon as a ballast train meets a stack train.
It's golden hour in Abo Canyon as a stack train rolls West.
BNSF 8518 is about to duck under Highway 60. In a few hundred feet from where the train is, the mainlines will split for a few miles.
A pair of SD70ACe locomotives lead a vehicle train through the desert.
A four pack of GE locomotives lead a high dollar Westbound through Abo Canyon.
