October 27, 2014. Including a friendly wave from the engineer, phase IV Heritage unit #184 leads Amtrakā€™s Southwest Chief #4 through Rowe, NM on a gorgeous late October afternoon.

Amtrak P42DC 94,leads AMTK train 4 into La Plata,MO

A trio of Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH diesels hustle train #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief (Los Angeles CA to Chicago IL) through Holbrook, Arizona, on September 1st, 1992. At this point in Amtr... (more)

Seen here, Amtrak's Chicago bound Southwest Chief #4 makes an on-time appearance as it speeds through the small community of Rowe, NM.

A BNSF Dash 9 is leading Amtrak train #4, the Southwest Chief, into Kansas City Union Station for its station stop. The WWI Memorial looms in the distance.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief leans into a curve as they meet an intermodal near Church Rock after a late station stop in Gallup, making track speed towards Albuquerque and Chicago.

One of Amtrak's Heritage diesels, P42DC 156, is on the point of train #4 on the last day of January 2014. The train, the Southwest Chief, makes its first station stop after departing Los A... (more)

Running about an hour late, Amtrak is making its short blast up Main 2 from the Argentine Fuel Pad to Union Station before continuing to Chicago.

AMTK 42 splits the endangered searchlight signals at CA Jct., MO.

Five private cars trail on number 4 with the last car the "Suits me", the train is seen rolling under the IC Iowa division nearing its finale stop in Chicago.

Amtrak train #4, the eastward Southwest Chief, flies by a semaphore indicating a clear track ahead as they speed past the geologic formation that gave the town of Wagon Mound it's name.

The eastbound Southwest Chief arrives into Fullerton, bathed in the glow of the quickly setting sun of a hot California day.

During a quick fresh air stop in Raton NM, I was able to grab a shot of my train which happened to have a Phase III heritage unit in the lead. A shout out goes to the conductors on this leg of the... (more)

Amtrak 172 ducks the inbound Southwest Chief into the yard in Chicago, completing its trip.

A constant parade of short-distance passenger trains (Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners and Metrolink's commuter trains) passing through Fullerton, California, is broken up by only one pair of lo... (more)