The first run of the Southwest Chief from Chicago after a brief cancellation due to a BNSF derailment in Williams, AZ wastes no time leaving Las Vegas, NM behind. Note the Santa Fe inscriptions st... (more)

A railfan catches the Southwest Chief as it gets ready to leave the station at Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief 3 train meet the Southwest Chief 4 train just south of Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief 3 train gets ready to pull out of the station at Las Vegas, New Mexico and will soon meet the 4 train just south of the City.

ATSF train 3, The California Limited. is seen about six miles west of Las Vegas New Mexico in 1947. Otto Perry's trusty 1935 Ford V-8 sedan is visible parked off road near trackside while he gets ... (more)

East bound at Intermediate south of Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Amtrak 3 splits the intermediate semaphore signals just south of Las Vegas as it continues its journey west toward Glorieta Pass. In the foreground, a sea of wild sunflowers is in full bloom thank... (more)

Taking a break between runs, a loaded BNSF rail train lays over in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Originally called to make the remainder of the run down to Albuquerque over the course of the two days I w... (more)

The Grand Canyon Line Lives. Dating back to the glory days of this rail line's original owner, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, this bridge crossing found just south of Las Vegas,... (more)

Amtrak #3 splits the semaphores at Las Vegas, NM.

Having just departed from Las Vegas, NM, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 splits the first pair of semaphore signals that it'll encounter West of Las Vegas.

Blades Under Threatening Skies - The westbound Southwest Chief splits through the 774 intermediate semaphores and into the sun. Behind the radiant show of sunflowers, lit by a break in the ... (more)

Following a crew change, a Santa Fe intermodal departs Las Vegas, New Mexico. The route over Raton Pass no longer sees freight traffic.

An 86-car eastbound Santa Fe manifest approaches the city limits of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the Glorietta Subdivision. Looking at Google Earth, this once wide-open shot is now treed in.

Built in the Spanish Mission style, the 1899 AT&SF station in Las Vegas, New Mexico greeted many of the Santa Fe’s long-distance passenger trains. Now, it exists to serve the Southwest Chief<... (more)