The Southwest Chief leaves behind storm clouds as it runs towards Colmar, New Mexico.

Amtrak engine #41 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief through the open prairie lands near Levy, New Mexico.

An increasingly late Southwest Chief knocks down the hallowed intermediate semaphores at milepost 722.2.

The Southwest Chief runs south towards Colmar, New Mexico as it heads towards its final destination of Los Angeles, California.

The Southwest Chief runs north through the cantilever signals at Gallinas, Colorado.

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The Southwest Chief runs under a cantilever signal at Gallinas, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief runs through Colmar, New Mexico as thunderheads develop in the background.

The Southwest Chief passes through Colmar, New Mexico pulling a few extra cars.

Amtrak 17 leads the Star into Seville. About a month later this motor was damaged in a crash with a truck in Lakeland

The Southwest Chief passes under a cantilever signal at Gallinas, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief passes through Levy New Mexico as it heads towards Wagon Mound.

The Southwest Chief runs past an old wooden box car that sits in a ghost town at Colmar, New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief runs though one of the old Santa Fe cantilever signals just south of Trinidad, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief pulls into Raton, New Mexico as it runs south on its way to Los Angeles.