Climbing through Wootton
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rounds the curves through Wootton, Colorado, as it steadily climbs the grade up Raton Pass on the morning of March 4, 2002. A quartet ... (more)

The Southwest Chief passes the classic Wig-Wag signal at Delhi, CO on a cold January morning.

As the BNSF 2019 California Division Christmas Train (O-SBDSBD3-16) departs the yard in San Bernardino, California, it meets Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief at the San Bernard... (more)

Valle de Oro

Translation: Golden Valley, Valley of Gold. This sunset shot of Amtrak 3 heading for points west is a grab shot, I was actually at Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge to... (more)

Treading Upon Devil's Throne - In the sunset hours of a summer evening, a late westbound Southwest Chief glides westward through Waldo Canyon. After the train passed, it was back to work to... (more)

Amtrak engine #4 leads train #3, the westbound "Southwest Chief" by the semaphores at the 717 milepost near Colmor, NM.

Yet another Amtrak number 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, with a tale of woe ... Amtrak 3 departed Chicago IL on September 12, 2019, behind P42DCs 164 and 199. After making its station s... (more)

Having just departed from Las Vegas, NM, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 splits the first pair of semaphore signals that it'll encounter West of Las Vegas.

The westbound Southwest Chief continues its westward trek toward Los Angeles, with weather conditions improving toward Lamy and Albuquerque. Two target signals guard the west siding switch with St... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief speeds across BNSF's Raton Sub, knocking down the semaphore signals that stand in Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Blades Under Threatening Skies - The westbound Southwest Chief splits through the 774 intermediate semaphores and into the sun. Behind the radiant show of sunflowers, lit by a break in the ... (more)

Just another afternoon at Bernal as #3 knocks down the semaphore intermediates.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief nears the end of its long run, now less than a railroad mile (and but a walking or flying block) from Los Angeles Union Station, as it passes the Metrolink power at Keller... (more)

What used to be a rarity has become a chronic problem in 2019: Amtrak's Southwest Chief running extremely late due to a locomotive failure in Trinidad, Colorado. On August 15, 2019, Amtrak... (more)

Running 6 hours 31 minutes late, Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, has had BNSF SD70ACe added to the consist in Trinidad, Colorado. One would suppose that one of the Amtrak P4... (more)