Running over an hour late across the BNSF Topeka Sub. is The Chief with the Phase II engine on the point.

Thinking it might have AMTK 66 on it, I headed up to Atherton. Unfortunately I found out it led 4 the previous morning, and I only wound up with a great lit shot of crappy looking train.

The Phase I Amtrak P42 takes the Southwest Chief up the BNSF Marceline Sub. at MP 431.3, between Atherton and Sibley. This is a cool looking engine and it's pretty fun to have these anniversary u... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief comes to a stop at Fullerton on a chill night as people find their seats for their eastbound trip to Chicago.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief makes its stop on its eastbound serves to Chicago at Fullerton. The colors of the setting sun shine through the dark rain clouds that dumped a lot of train that afternoon ... (more)

Amtrak Southwest Chief Train # 4 rolls to a stop at Fullerton Train Station as a westbound BNSF stack train hauls down main two at track speed passengers begin to board the train bound for Chicago... (more)

Upon train #4's 15-minute late arrival in Fullerton, California, Amtrak Conductor Moncada surveys a large group of Japanese tourists (headed to New Mexico) with their own food supply. This coach ... (more)

The Westbound Southwest Chief rounds a bend just north of Trinidad, Colorado, enroute to Los Angeles. Canon Powershot G12

Three P42's lead a late #4 out of the sag at Darling after meeting a hotshot Z9.

Amtrak Train 4 pauses at Fullerton, CA awaiting a signal and a Westbound BNSF intermodel to clear up the line ahead so it can proceed on its way to Chicago, IL.

Amtrak #4 sits at Fullerton while a Southbound Metrolink departs on Track #3.

Amtrak Train 4, the Eastbound Southwest Chief, makes its first station stop in Fullerton, CA of its eastward journey to Chicago with a green signal, ready to depart.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief waits at Fullerton as a southbound Metrolink train leaves on track 3.

Just before sundown, the Southwest Chief, essentially on time, rolls out of Raton Pass on approach to Trinidad, Colorado. Today's train features perfect weather, plus five private cars hea... (more)