The Bond Street crossing in Wagon Mound, NM was a very cluttered place at the turn of this century. Railroad hardware installed much earlier in the 20th century barely made it into the 21st. Thi... (more)

One of only eleven classic semaphore signals left in main line service in the US displays a "high green" after Amtrak's Southwest Chief passed through Wagon Mound.

The stars look down upon a true relic in the desert. This semaphore, as long as countless others still standing along the Raton Subdivision, has been guarding the line for well over 100 years at t... (more)

AMTK 44 leads the Southwest Chief south through the semaphores at Wagon Mound as the head for Las Vegas.

AMTK 181 leads the eastbound Southwest Chief north through the blades at Wagon Mound.

Amtrak 4 splits the 722.1 intermediate semaphores just outside of Wagon Mound, NM.

The SW Chief spits fire as it splits the semaphore at Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Amtrak's Operation Life Saver #203 makes smoke from an unhappy turbo as it runs through Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC in the special Operation Life Saver scheme) splits the semaphores at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These are some of the last operational semaphores in the country.

Smoke and fire!

The westbound Southwest Chief rips across the prairies of New Mexico as it splits the semaphore signals in Wagon Mound, NM. These old relics are nearly 100 years old and are scheduled to be repla... (more)

The Southwest Chief makes good time running south of Wagon Mound, New Mexico

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

An ATSF semaphore signal waits patiently for the next day’s Southwest Chief after the passage of a thunderstorm.

Amtrak 4 slows down due to signal issues during a thunderstorm. The famed “Wagon Mound” can be seen among the dark clouds and distant thunderheads.