Santa Fe All The Way. On August 5, 2016, Amtrak Train 4 (Southwest Chief) was approaching the station in Albuquerque, New Mexico with AMTK 144 (P42DC, GE) leading when it passed under the f... (more)
The Southwest Chief runs pas one of the last remaining semaphore signals on the Amtrak system. It is rumored that these will be removed by winter.
Amtrak engine #135 (P42DC) runs through Levy, New Mexico leading the Southwest Chief.
Amtrak engine #41 (P42DC) runs through Levy, New Mexico as it heads south towards Wagon Mound.
A massive thunderhead develops as Amtrak engine 135 (P42DC) pulls into Raton, New Mexico.
AMTK 41 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief towards Colmar, New Mexico.
If the quality of cameras existed long ago, this could be from the 1950s ... but it's 60+ years later, before the beginning of the day's tours.
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 through Colmar, New Mexico as thunderheads develop in the background.
The Southwest Chief passes through Colmar, New Mexico pulling a few extra cars.
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.