The morning rush at the baggage car as the conductor of the Southwest Chief choreographs the dance at Flagstaff, Arizona on May 4, 1991.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief flies through Carrollton, MO, a classic mid-western set up of a town. Single main grade crossing bracketed by an elevator on one side and a station on the other. Train no.... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief is seen flying across Argentine Yard. Number 4 has just finished refueling at the Argentine Fuel Pad and is now heading for Kansas City Union Station and then onto Chicago... (more)

The eastbound Southwest Chief hustles towards it's station stop in La Plata. Minutes earlier the train had to stop because of some computer problems with one of the units.

An unlikely lead locomotive leads a 4-1/2 hour late eastbound run of the Southwest Chief, past BNSF's suburban depot in Brookfield.

After dropping its passengers at Union Station, the eastbound Southwest Chief comes around the wye at Canal Street and prepares to back into the wash rack.

Three P42s lead the eastbound Southwest Chief through a deep cut at Laguna.

Amtrak 91 leads The Chief into Track 30 at Kansas City Union Station early in the morning.

A late running Southwest Chief greets the early morning sun on Santa Fe's Crookton Cutoff at Eagle Nest, Arizona.

Lined Up and Ready to Leave - Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief makes it's nightly station stop at Fullerton California with an unusual GE Dash 8 in the lead. The train was an hour... (more)

The Southwest Chief with a Dash 8 - Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief makes it's nightly station stop at Fullerton California with an unusual GE Dash 8 in the lead.

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by a clear signal on the mainline at the east end of Chapelle siding under a crystal clear New Mexico sky. After this train's passage these classic s... (more)

Amtrak 124 leads #4 into La Plata a few minutes ahead of schedule.

Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, was running very, very late on Friday, December 28th, 2012. So late that the equipment had not yet arrived in Los Angeles before #4, the eastbound... (more)

Amtrakā€™s train No. 4, the Southwest Chief, is traversing a scenic curve just east Cosnino at Milepost 331 near Flagstaff, Arizona, on April 20, 1990. The San Francisco Peaks dominate the backgro... (more)