The Southwest Chief zips past the wig wag at Delhi

Now just a distant memory, Amtrak's Southwest Chief bound for Chicago makes track speed past the Delhi Wig Wag in Delhi, Colorado. This wig wag was the last one in mainline service, making it into... (more)

Sole survivor. There is presently only operational one wig-wag signal on a main line railroad in the United States of America, and it is a Union Switch and Signal manufactured Magnetic Flagman upp... (more)

With code line still standing in pristine condition, Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls through the open plains of Colorado towards Trinidad and Raton Pass

The Southwest Chief passes the classic Wig-Wag signal at Delhi, CO on a cold January morning.

The westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief passes the Magnetic Flagman in Delhi, Colorado, an icon along the BNSF Raton Subdivision as the last Wigwag along a class I railroad still in mainline operatio... (more)

Under the cover of darkness, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by the Delhi Wig Wag just over an hour behind schedule

Eastbound Maintenance of Way repositioning move sprints through Delhi, Colorado with a Burlington Northern caboose destined Dalhart, Texas.

Running nearly 8 hours down, and with a little help from the Brand New Santa Fe, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 races through Delhi, CO where the last mainline wigwag crossing sign still service stan... (more)

Amtrak #4 'The Southwest Chief' races through desolate southern Colorado. Next stop, La Junta...

Amtrak's train No3, the southbound Southwest Chief races by the noted wigwag at Delhi, Colorado 45 minutes behind schedule on May 2, 2019.

Sunset for the Southwest Chief- With the evening sky darkening, the last Superliner of the eastbound Southwest Chief streaks by the only wig-wag crossing signal in service on a Class I Rail... (more)

A rerouted BNSF empty ethanol train climbs the stiff grade into Delhi passing the wigwag on its way south to Trinidad,CO where it would then tie down for a day before heading back north towards Pu... (more)

Rerouted empties from La Junta take a dip down the Raton Subdivision and roll past the infamous Wig Wag at Delhi, Colorado.

The westbound Southwest Chief travels along the southern Colorado grasslands running a little over two hours late after encountering severe weather in the midwest the night before. The train is se... (more)